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Man arrested for running illegal gateways

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LAHORE: The National Response Centre for Cyber Crimes (NR3C) of the FIA Lahore on Tuesday conducted a raid in Sialkot on the complaint of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and arrested an accused involved in running illegal gateway exchanges. The PAT submitted a complaint to the FIA that an accused Sajjad Hussain of Defence Road […]


Six grey traffickers arrested

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LAHORE: The FIA on Thursday raided illegal gateway exchange in Mansoora and arrested six grey traffickers. A FIA cyber crime team led by Assistant Director Jamil Ahmed Khan Meo raided the exchange on a tip-off. It termed it a major breakthrough in its campaign against grey traffickers. Two satellite antennas being used for Dubai-based internet […]


Grey traffic

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THERE are times when the determination to make money through any means possible finds ingenious methods. Consider, for example, the matter of grey traffic that has become a problem in recent years. This refers to international telephone calls made to Pakistan that are hijacked by illegal gateway exchanges off the legal routes and sent on […]


Grey trafficking thrives

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LAHORE: Grey traffickers are making the most of the disagreement between the Pakistani and Saudi operators over the issue of rates. More than 95 per cent of the incoming calls originating from Saudi Arabia are being routed either through grey traffickers or any third country. “Owing to disagreement on settlement rates between Saudi and Pakistani […]