The Police of Tirana announced today that it has organized several operations targeting several cases of criminal offenses in the field of cybercrimes.
In the statement to the media, the head of the Tirana Police, Tonin Vocaj announced that he has documented 62 cases of online stalking carried out by Fabjan Dodaj, a convict in France.
"Full legal documentation of 62 cases of online stalking, committed by the citizen Fabjan Dodaj, who is serving his sentence in the "Lyon Cobras" prison in the French state. This citizen, through fake virtual profiles on social networks created by him, with photos and generals of injured persons, continuously blackmailed these persons, with the aim of obtaining intimate photos and videos, in exchange for the deletion of these profiles.
Thanks to the investigations carried out by the Sector for the Investigation of Cybercrimes, after the identification of the computer interceptions that were pulsating from this prison, in cooperation with INTERPOL TIRANA and the French law enforcement authorities, a control was exercised in the cell where the citizen Fabjan Dodaj is located, and evidence of enough investigations that implicate this citizen in this criminal activity".
In another operation coded "Cybersnare", the Police arrested two brothers who were blackmailing girls on social networks, demanding different amounts of money from 1,500 to 3,000 euros.
"Finalization of the coded police operation "Cybersnare" followed by special investigation methods, during which two brothers, citizens Halim Malja, 20 years old, and Jurgen Malja, 18 years old, were arrested, who cooperated with each other, after the communications they made in social networks with different people, mainly of the female gender, provided intimate photos and videos, then created profiles in virtual applications with generalities and photos of these people, and for the non-publication of these materials online, they asked the injured people for different amounts of money that varied from 1500 to 3000 euros".
A 22-year-old known on social networks with the nickname "Amsterdam" was also arrested on the same charge.
"Finalization of the police operation coded "R 13" during which the citizen Endri Xhaferri, 22 years old, known on social networks with the nickname "Amsterdam", was arrested, who through fake virtual profiles on social networks created by him , with photographs, generalities and derogatory descriptions of the injured persons, in exchange for the deletion of these profiles, he demanded from the injured persons the sum of 1000 euros".
In another coded operation "Threat 2", "citizen Genti Gega, 45 years old, was arrested, who stalked a 23-year-old citizen online for a long time, causing concern to her and her family members".
While a 27-year-old man has fallen into the hands of the police after blackmailing minor girls by asking for intimate photos and videos and to have sex with them.
"Finalization of the police operation coded "The Intimidator", during which a possible criminal event that could have serious consequences for a 15-year-old minor citizen was prevented in record time. During the investigations carried out as part of this operation, 2 old events were discovered and legally documented, and the citizen Bernard Çullhai, 27 years old, was arrested, who was blackmailing minor citizens on social networks, asking for intimate photos and videos and to perform sexual relations with them".