Ministry of Interior making a flash statement today phone smuggling warned. With an official announcement, the Ministry e-Government She asked him to check his accounts. In the statement, the ministry said that the smugglers illegally from abroad He stated that he brought mobile phones into the country. In the continuation of these mobile phones, old model mobile phones IMEI It was reported that the information was activated by cloning.
Operation for phone smuggling in 76 provinces!
Ministry of Interior, General Directorate of Security, Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Department with (COM) Presidency of Information Technologies and Communications Authority (BTK) announced that it is organizing joint operations. It has been announced that the operations are aimed at those who illegally bring mobile phones to our country from abroad and those who provide unfair income.
Ministry, phone smuggling continues to struggle with According to the announcement on the official website of the Ministry of Interior, in the morning hours in line with the instructions of the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office. To 341 addresses in 76 provinces simultaneous operation.
The Ministry of Interior’s statement is as follows:
“Procured from abroad cell phones bringing it to our country through illegal means ill-gotten gain obtaining our state tax loss A simultaneous operation, codenamed SIGNAL, was carried out across the country against individuals and criminal groups determined to have committed the crime of smuggling and causing victims of smuggling, as well as businesses that put smuggled mobile phones on the market.
It was understood that the persons in question collected the smuggled mobile phones, which they had brought into our country without declaring them to the customs, in secret compartments called ‘stacks’, in secret warehouses, and then distributed these phones to workplaces selling illegal mobile phones via couriers.
Old model mobile phones registered in our country to these smuggled mobile phones. IMEI information It was determined that they made it ready for use by cloning and released to the market.
In this context, mobile phones that are illegally brought and sold are making our citizens victims in the future. In order to avoid victimization, by checking the e-Government accounts of our citizens cell phone without to the record It is important to report the situation to the authorities in case of encountering them.“
In operations within the scope of combating telephone smuggling, a total of 36 provinces 70 suspects to be detained. The statements of 387 suspects in 54 provinces will be applied to supplementary statements. The ministry concluded its statement by stating that the searches were continuing.