Investigative Committee says it identified scores of people who shared data on police officers

November 17, BPN. Employees of all Belarusian mobile operators collaborated with Chernaya Kniga Belarusi (Eng.: Black Book of Belarus), the Investigative Committee reported with reference to the oppostion’s online project exposing the identities of security officers who mistreated and brutalized peaceful protesters.

Bankers, lawyers, former police officers, and even investigators cooperated with the project, it added.

On November 14, its former members and Infopoint Media Network, an umbrella organization for several media outlets, urged Black Book’s informants to leave Belarus for security reasons.

The statement came after it came to light that an undercover police officer, Artur Hajko, was among the Black Book team management. Since fall 2020, he was posing as a bank employee and opposition supporter, gaining access to all confidential information. He tipped off police to the identities of opposition activists who contributed to the effort.