{"id":207524,"date":"2026-10-15T12:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207524\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:57:59","slug":"cybercrime-accounts-for-35-percent-of-all-crimes-in-belarus-since-january","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/207524\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybercrime accounts for 35 percent of all crimes in Belarus since January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>October 15, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Cybercrime accounted for 35 percent of all criminal offenses reported in Belarus in January-September, Andrej Matolka, a senior Investigative Committee officer, told the state-run <em>Belarus 1<\/em> TV channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these offenses were committed remotely, including from abroad, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis cross-border nature necessitates the identification of schemes used to launder stolen funds and criminal proceeds, as it allows for the legalization of the funds\u2019 origin in the country where the criminal is located,\u201d noted the Investigative Committee representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cross-border nature of cybercrime makes it necessary to identify schemes used to launder stolen funds and other criminal proceeds, Matolka said, noting that law enforcers must stop criminals from legitimizing the money in the countries where they operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The larger the \u201cgray economy\u201d in the country, the lower the taxes and budget revenues, said Andrej Kartun, deputy chairman of the Board of the National Bank, adding that capital flight puts pressure on the balance of payments and exchange rates and affects inflation in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between October 5 and October 11, police received more than 2,000 reports of scam calls and arrested 12 cash couriers, seizing over 200,000 rubels from them, the interior ministry said earlier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 15, Pozirk. Cybercrime accounted for 35 percent of all criminal offenses reported in Belarus in January-September, Andrej Matolka, a senior Investigative Committee officer, told the state-run Belarus 1 TV channel. Many of these offenses were committed remotely, including from abroad, he said. \u201cThis cross-border nature necessitates the identification of schemes used to launder stolen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":75878,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-207524","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cybercrime accounts for 35 percent of all crimes in Belarus since January | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 15, Pozirk. 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