Earlier Økokrimsjef: - An extremely challenging situation for the police

The police certainly work most with now is electronic track of who can stand behind, " says former deputy director of Økokrim, Erling Grimstad, norway, Dagbladet.

PREPARATION: Erling Grimstad, a former assistant chief in Økokrim, says that the people who are behind the kidnappings know much about the victim. Photo: NTB Scanpix NEWS Show more

In the ten weeks have milliardærkona Anne-Elisabeth Falkevik Garden (68) has been missed. She is married to investor Tom Hagen (68), which is among Norway's wealthiest people. The police assume that she was abducted from her home on the morning of or the morning 31. October 2018.

According to Grimstad has the supposed kidnapping of Falkevik Garden fabric that resembles the so-called "Tiger kidnapping".

This is not completely unknown in the south of Europe. It has fortunately not been many cases in the Nordic region, " says Grimstad.

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Grimstad describes police work as very difficult.

- It is an extremely demanding situation. It is among the most demanding situations one can face, because it is a danger for life and health. Any utpressingssituasjon is difficult, " says Grimstad.

According to Grimstad characterized the so-called "Tiger kidnapping" of the people in important positions, or who manages a lot of money, are forced against the kidnapped is freed.

- Some of the issues have actually ended, with the killing and got a pretty poor outcome, " he says.

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Grimstad tells us that the kidnappers often ask for money to be transferred electronically via the e-mail addresses can not be traced.

- Stylus in høystakken

- Gjerningspersonene using fake identities. If the money is paid out, the funds are transferred quickly through the payments systems so that all electronic traces erased, he says.

the Police must involve the people, that can be something about the electronic traceability for that one should be able to find the stylus in the høystakken. The police need to collect large amounts of data, including searching by IP addresses. It has been used in mobile devices, it's about to tie the gjerningspersonene to geographic areas.

Even if the police manage to track down an IP address, there are simple tools that can hide where gjerningspersonene really is.

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- There are extremely many good opportunities to protect themselves from being identified. They will use a false identity. It is also easy to imagine that the criminal middlemen take out the money, " says Grimstad.

Possible professional people

According to Grimstad, it is important for the police to collaborate with colleagues abroad in such matters.

- They have contact with other politienheter as the Interpol and others who have information about the environments and networks who have committed criminal acts of this type previously, " he says.

According to Grimstad know the criminals most likely what they're doing.

- This is enough so professional people that it is not saved tracks. In some contexts, one can see the track that goes to Asia, hong Kong, China, and also against Russia, " he says.

- Completely unthinkable that this could happen in our neighborhood

- there May be foreign criminals?

- It can not be excluded, but can also be actors in Norway who are behind. The method is relatively unknown in the public sphere in Norway, but there may have been cases that the police do not want to tell you about a number of different reasons.

- How can one protect themselves against this type of crime?

- You should ensure information about their own identity, to lock the mailbox and make sure you have control of all the communication. High degree of information security is important, " says Grimstad.

Know much about the victim

According to Grimstad has the alleged kidnappers probably done a lot of preparatory work in advance of such a kidnapping.

the Police advised the family to not meet the requirement

- to carry out a kidnapping, one should know quite a lot about the victim, " he says.

the Kidnappers uses a variety of techniques to get the most info.

They think the risk versus the dividend and are working to have control over the e-mail and network.

That the kidnappers also using the psychological trick is also known. Therefore, it can be a long time before the police connect.

- Utpresserne will tell you that it will happen something dramatic if the police are involved. Therefore, a deferred start to pay out first in the hope to get the family member to safety, but in some cases doing this only hurt worse. The criminals get blood on the tooth and should have even more money, " says Grimstad.

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Grimstads experiences is that it is extremely difficult for the police to negotiate with the kidnappers who do not want to talk.

- It's something completely different when it is the hijacking of a plane or a car and you are physically present in a hostage situation, " he says.

- Is there enough expertise in the police?

- I hope so! Police datakrimenhet was built up many years ago. When we were far ahead in Europe. I hope the police in Norway is far ahead when it comes to methodology and tools.

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