Bolivia's Public Prosecutor's Office creates cyber-crime directorate to investigate leaked audio files
The Public Prosecutor's Office of the State established a specialised directorate in cyber-crime to determine the origin and authenticity of leaked audio files. President Paz backed the measure.
New cyber-crime unit to investigate origin of recordings attributed to Paz's former adviser
The Public Prosecutor's Office of the State established a national directorate of cyber-crime to investigate audio files circulating repeatedly, according to a report from El Deber on Friday. Chief Prosecutor José Armando Urioste explained that the recordings "would be more linked to a cyber-crime matter" and announced the new department as an institutional response to the continuous leak.
"Cyber-crime, why? Because they are releasing audio files that are creating expectations. Expectations that must be investigated. What crimes are they generating, concealing or protecting through these audio files? Are they genuine audio files? Are they not genuine audio files?", Urioste questioned in an interview with Correo del Sur.
President Rodrigo Paz backed the initiative during a public statement. "Look, putting the audio files aside, I think the idea is very good. I heard it and it seems very good to me because when you have Marset in Bolivia, when you have the biggest fish from the PCC living (…) with all the luxury, when you have a Public Ministry penetrated by mafias (…), I think we have to take the actions we are taking", the president stated.
In an earlier statement on Thursday, Paz had described the continuous leak of audio files attributed to his former adviser Fernando Cerimedo in alleged conversations with other authorities as "madness", and demanded that an investigation be conducted into "who leaks them or who produces them".
Urioste further clarified that no authority would be left out of potential investigations. "Everyone is going to be investigated, as I tell you, from the president, we are all subject to the law, that is why we are a rule of law state and everyone is investigated through the Public Ministry. Obviously, high authorities have court jurisdiction in the event that the existence of the commission of a crime were to be determined", the prosecutor said to journalists.
Source: El Deber