Drug deals, plans to physically eliminate rivals and other criminal schemes are conversations that don't always happen face to face, reports Pozitiv. Criminal groups use apps impenetrable by the police. How has the use of the telephone evolved? The former prosecutor of Serious Crimes, Eugen Beci, tells the story for Pozitivi.
After the 90s until 2003-2004, it was landline phones that were tapped. A court decision was needed and then it was taken to Albtelekom.
"With the introduction of applications that used the Internet, interception of telephone numbers through direct lines became ineffective. For this reason, wiretapping went out of fashion and did not have the results of its own boom. As technology develops, it is normal that the technology of interception should develop", says Beci.
"The fact that they use the Internet, different encryptions and have servers in different countries of the world, real-time interception is not possible. In recent years this technology has been further refined and there are many non-standard applications. There were some apps that had great encryption and were impossible for us to crack," he says.
Through expertise and programs, conversations were clarified. Europol's crackdown of the "Sky" app helped clear up many conversations between criminal groups.
"Although the phone was physically seized and seized, it is the latest Sky app that, due to the discovery by Europol of the capture of a server and the encryption of a large number of phone conversations, looks set to bring a boom against organized crime and the mafia. As far as we know this was undetectable for years. And often the communications were done through this application. Europol has made available to the various countries all messages related to their regions. So, in the event that 200,000 users are found on Sky, these data of this program are forwarded to the Albanian authorities who will do the analysis", says Beci.
Albanian criminal groups returned to the former primitive communication by letters. As far as technology goes, this is the safest method.
“Kjo ka qenë një metodë e njohur nga mafia italiane me copa letra. Kemi pasur disa raste kur personat që e kishin të pamundur me teknologjinë realizonin biseda live dhe biseda që shpeshherë duhet të bëheshin fizikisht. Sot që flasim për kriminelet gjëja më e sigurt janë letrat, përmes korrierëve ose komunikimi live duke shmangur edhe makinat e tyre dhe mjetet e transportit publik. Kriminelet e kanë kuptuar që perdorimi i telefonit në mos sot, nesër, do përbëjë rrezik” thotë Beci.
Por edhe përgjimet private janë shqetësim.
“Ka pasur raste që grupet kriminale blejnë pajisje që mundet të kryejnë përgjime private për llogari të aktivitetit të tyre. Ajo që ne e njohim si “imsi chatcher” mund të bjerë në dorë të grupeve kriminale dhe ky grup përgjon për llogari të vet jo vetëm kundërshtarët por edhe organet ligjzbatuese” thotë Beci.
Criminal groups are constantly trying to buy applications that have very high protection against their cracking.