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Article: RUSSIA: CELLULAR OPERATORS AID SECURITY FORCES IN HOSTAGE CRISIS.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- November 6, 2002
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Cooperation during the recent hostage crisis between Moscow's main cellular operators and security forces under the aegis of the System for Operational-Investigative Activities (SORM) evoked comment, but little debate, in society and the press. Deputy Interior Minster Vladimir Vasilev announced on 26 October that security forces eavesdropped on mobile-phone conversations during the standoff, "Kommersant" reported on 27 October. "The Moscow Times" reported on 29 October that the signs many mobile users saw on their displays during the crisis indicated that cellular operators switched off encoding to aid law enforcement officials. SORM requires all communications operators ...