FIIA announces arresting a suspect accused of blackmailing a girl for 10 million dinars in Baghdad

INA-  BAGHDAD


The Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency FIIA announced on Friday the arrest of a man accused of blackmailing a girl for 10 million dinars in Baghdad.
 
A statement by FIIA, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), said that "under the direct supervision of the Undersecretary for Intelligence Affairs and Federal Investigations and his directives including the pursuit of outlaws and extortion of citizens, the intelligence detachments specialized in combating terrorism in Baghdad Rusafa received a distress request from a minor girl who included being subjected to electronic blackmail by an unknown person who owns video clips and pictures belonging to her, threatening to publish them on social networking sites if she does not give him an amount of 10 million dinars."
 
The statement added, "Due to the sensitivity of the case, the operation was adopted by a specialized intelligence and technical team to track the whereabouts of the person who blackmailed the minor girl, and within hours his whereabouts were discovered, as the detachments were able to arrest him and seize the device that contains video and photographic clips."

It continued, "The statements of the accused were taken, where he confessed to blackmailing the minor girl, taking advantage of her young age and fear of customs and traditions," stressing "the referral of the seized device to the technical laboratory for examination and to ensure that there are no video clips and pictures belonging to other victims."

It pointed out that "the accused was referred to the concerned authorities to complete the investigation with him in preparation for his appearance before the court to receive his just punishment."
 
FIIA called, according to the statement, "citizens to report all outlaws and extortion crimes they are exposed to throughout Iraq by calling the toll-free hotline number 144."