Cyber Crime Unit (Hellenic Police)

In 2011 with Presidential Decree 9/2011 Government Gazette 24/Α/21-2-2011 was the establishment of the Authority of Financial Police and Cyber Crime Subdivision (Υπηρεσία Οικονομικής Αστυνομίας και Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος - ΥΠ.Ο.Α.Δ.Η.Ε.

[3][4][5][6][7][8] It was reformed in 2014 with Article 17 of Section 2 of Law 4249/2014 Government Gazette 73/Α/24-3-2014[9][10] in which renamed Cyber Crime Division (Greek: Διεύθυνση Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος - ΔΙ.Δ.Η.Ε.

[21][22] The Office of the Public Prosecutor of Supreme Civil and Criminal Court of Greece (Court of Cassation; Areios Pagos) has been issued Encyclical 02/2019[23][24][25][26] on 22 May 2019 sets out the Cyber Crime Division’s terms of service and area of responsibility aimed specifically at what cases must submit to Cyber Crime Division.

Hellenic Police’s Cyber Crime Division’s published official methods of contact are:[75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87] According to the National Administrative Procedures Policy,[106][107][108][109] complaints from consumers, either giving their name or anonymously, can also be made on the platform (kataggelies.mindev.gov.gr)[110][111] of the General Secretariat of Trade and Consumer Protection of the Ministry of Development and Investment, launched on 11 January 2023, concerning infringements within Greece, within the European Union or even outside the EU.

Cyber Crime Division has written on many of its announcements and press releases[112][113][114][115][116][117][118][119][120] that it is recalled that citizens can contact, anonymously or by name, with the Cyber Crime Division in order to provide information or to report illegal or offensive acts or activities committed through internet to the following contact details, where among these means the Cyber Crime Division’s Twitter verified account (@CyberAlertGR)[72] is included:[121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129] Submitting to the police authorities, or other government prosecution authorities, anyone crime or illegal act or minor offence reports via social networking sites (such as Twitter) it could pose privacy risks and also might not be treated your content as confidential allowing your personal information may be disclosed to outside third parties.

[130][131][132][83][133][134][135][136][137][138][139] Since their launch, and as of 2024 onwards, the Hellenic Police’s Cyber Crime Division’s official websites cyberalert (cyberalert.gr)[71] and cyberkid (cyberkid.gov.gr)[45][140] do not have Terms of use and Privacy policy information available, and for their online operation do not have the accessibility features and applications set by Greek law 4727/2020 (Government Gazette 184/A/23-9-2020),[89] Directive (EU) 2016/2102 and Directive (EU) 2019/1024.