Athens, July 1, 2015 – PRESS RELEASE – The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (CDP), through the “CYBER ALERT” procedure, with immediate and coordinated actions, effectively contributedto another case of disappearance of minors, with a happy outcome.
Citizens can contact, anonymously or by name, the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate by phone at 11188, by e-mail at ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr and through the CYBERKID application
The Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate, through the innovative online process "CYBER ALERT", with immediate and coordinated actions, effectively contributed to another case of disappearance of minors, with a happy outcome.
Specifically, the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (DIE) was informed by the Attica Police Department that (2) underage Greek siblings – a boy aged (8) and a girl aged (12) – according to their relatives, secretly left their home and did not return.
Immediately, executives of the Cybercrime Prosecution Directorate (DIE) conducted a thorough and in-depth digital - online investigation of the data andother digital data used by minors to access the internet, with the aim of identifying them in a timely manner.
From the analysis of electronic traces and the digital and police investigation, the points of connection in "profiles" used by the minors on social media were identified, resulting in the geographical identification of the area where they were moving.
The information was provided to the relevant Police Department and the police forces located the minors and ensured their physical integrity.
It is recalled that citizens can communicate, anonymously or by name, with the Directorate for the Prosecution of Electronic Crime (DIE), in order to provide information or report illegal or reprehensible actions or activities carried out via the internet, at the following contact details:
By phone: 111 88
By sending an e-mail to: ccu@cybercrimeunit.gov.gr
Through the application for smartphones with ios-android operating system: CYBERKID
Via Twitter "SOS Cyber Alert Line": @cyberalertGR
