Harassment

A court in the central Greek town of Volos on Friday handed a 15-month suspended sentence to a 43-year-old man for sending an email on Wednesday to a police cyber crime unit falsely claiming he had committed five murders.

According to police, the man also asked for instructions on how to surrender.

The Greek Police's cyber crimes unit is investigating a case involving a fake online advertisement for recruiting an administrative employee to the country's Parliament.

Officers of the Greek Police's cyber crimes squad on Monday issued fraud charges against unknown persons following a probe into complaints by consumers claiming to have received emails suggesting that they could receive partial rebates from the Public Power Corporation.

A suspected North Korean cybercrime group, known as the “Hidden Cobra,” targeted Turkey’s financial industry earlier this month, U.S.-based cyber firm McAfee claimed on March 8 in a report published on its blog, securingtomorrow.mcafee.com.

The most stress and harassment in the workplace is among the teachers, followed by medical specialists and journalists. The data was announced by the chair of the Syndicate of Bulgarian Teachers Yanka Takeva at a conference on the subject. According to trade unionists, it is necessary to create a Law on Workplace Violence.
 

France introduces a fine of € 90 for sexual and sexist harassment in public places, whether it's indecent gestures, whistles, or unwanted remarks, said government spokesman Benjamin Grivo, quoted by France Press.

Women members of Kosovo's main opposition Vetevendosje party have highlighted sexual harassment cases in their own working environment, in a bid to raise awareness of the wider phenomenon in the country.

Karima Delli, a French MEP from the Greens, has asked for the withdrawal of the official video advertisement of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU Presidency. The reason for that is a  message she considers for politically incorrect.

Driven by outrage and a resolve to correct a power imbalance that seemed intractable just months ago, 300 prominent actresses and female agents, writers, directors, producers and entertainment executives have formed an ambitious, sprawling initiative to fight systemic sexual harassment in Hollywood and in blue-collar workplaces nationwide./NY Times 

Turkish police have set up 11 new divisions in the department of cyber-crime, with one tracking cases of violence against animals online.