{"id":9671,"date":"2024-04-26T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=9671"},"modified":"2024-04-26T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T22:00:18","slug":"parliament-passes-law-for-prepaid-mobile-user-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=9671","title":{"rendered":"Parliament passes law for prepaid mobile user identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/parliament-passes-law-for-prepaid-mobile-user-identification.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Parliament on Thursday evening enacted a law that allows the identification of users of prepaid mobile phone cards, with some MPs hailing the step while others called it a damp squib.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-281783912\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1191865080\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" 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\/>\nHowever, he added that the legislation should go through, as it deprives the police of one more \u201cfig leaf\u201d \u2013 one less excuse for their inadequacy to combat crime.<br \/>\nHis colleague from Akel, Giorgos Loukaides, pointed out the existence of numerous apps that require no phone number, and which therefore maintain anonymity.<br \/>\nIn a similar vein, the Greens\u2019 Stavros Papadouris commented that criminals are always a step ahead of law enforcement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fact: Parliament enacted a law that allows the identification of users of prepaid mobile phone 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