Manolis Sfakianakis
Police Major General Manolis Sfakianakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ Σφακιανάκης) born 9 February 1963, Crete, Greece was the director of the Cyber Crime Center of the Hellenic Police.[1]
Manolis Sfakianakis | |
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Former Director of the Cyber Crime Center of the Hellenic Police | |
Assumed office 2004 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 Crete, Greece |
Nationality | Greek |
Alma mater | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Profession | Law Enforcement |
Early life
Manolis (or Emmanouil) Sfakianakis was born in Chania, Crete.[2]. In 1981 he entered the faculty of Programming and Analysis of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. A year later he joined the Hellenic Police. His training followed various seminars and post-graduate education related to cyber crime and cyber terrorism, such as credit card fraud prevention (London, U.K.) and Serious Organised Crime tackling (FBI) .
Career
His career in the Hellenic Police started in 1982, when Sfakianakis entered a Police Officers' School. In 1995, he joined the Unit of Financial Police and Electronic Crime,[3] and in 2011 he was placed in charge of the Police Cyber Crime Center. Under his leadership, the agency has intervened in an extremely large number of suicide attempts,[4] saving altogether over 600 lives.[5][6] His effectiveness in preventing suicide attempts, has earned him the moniker "Poirot of the cyberspace" by the Greek press.[7]
Additionally during his tenure Cyber Crime Center, the agency created a website called Cyber-Kid, which is used exclusively to inform on and protect children from any possible cyber threats. Emanouil Sfakianakis, has published a book referring in detail on the threats that someone can run into while using the Internet, has given a large number of interviews [8] offering advice on the safe use of the internet.[9] Since 2011 he has been in charge of a number of conferences and seminars that the Cyber Crime Center has organized.[10]
Awards
- From the Hellenic Kidney Diseases Organization, for saving a child that swallowed sedative pills
- From the Minister of Education for saving a student from a suicide attempt
- From the President of Greece for his contribution in tackling cyber crime
- From the F.B.I[11]
Books
References
- "Sfakianakis, Emmanuel" (in Greek). Biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Μανώλης Σφακιανάκης, Προϊστάμενος Τμ. Δίωξης Ηλ. Εγκλήματος » Στην Πράξη.gr" (in Greek). Stinpraxi.gr. 2013-01-18. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Σημαντικό το έργο Σφακιανάκη και της Δίωξης Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος" (in Greek). Newsbomb.gr. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Απέτρεψε αυτοκτονία η Δίωξη Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος - apetrepse autoktonia i dioxi ilektronikou egklimatos" (in Greek). Xrimaonline.gr. Archived from the original on 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Απέτρεψε αυτοκτονία η Δίωξη Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος - apetrepse aftoktonia i dioxi ilektronikou egklimatos" (in Greek). Inews.gr. 2012-12-31. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "ΜΠΟΡΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΘΑ ΠΕΡΑΣΕΙ - Let's wait until the storm passes: Μανώλης Σφακιανάκης - Ο Πουαρό του Διαδικτύου" (in Greek). Boraeinai.blogspot.ro. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "O Μ. Σφακιανάκης στο news247.gr για το downloading" (in Greek). Neolaia.gr. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Μανώλης Σφακιανάκης: "Λέμε ΝΑΙ στο Διαδίκτυο και στις νέες τεχνολογίες" – Διάγνωση | Εφημερίδα Πολιτικής και Οικονομικών της Υγείας" (in Greek). 2013-08-13. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "2ο Συνέδριο Ασφαλούς Πλοήγησης από τη Δίωξη Ηλεκτρονικού Εγκλήματος" (in Greek). Newsbomb.gr. 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Î'ÎšÎżÎłĎ ÎąĎ†ÎšÎşĎŒ - ΣφικΚινΏκΡς ΕΟΟινουΎΝ - eThemis: Το ÎľÎťÎťÎˇÎ˝ÎšÎşĎŒ Î˝ÎżÎźÎšÎşĎŒ site" (in Greek). Ethemis.gr. 2013-01-08. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Addiction to the Internet and other online risk behaviors : Emmanouil Sfakianakis, Konstantinos Siomos, Georgios Floros" (in Greek). Biblionet.gr. Retrieved 2013-10-04.
- "Εκδοτικός οργανισμός Λιβάνη - Σφακιανάκης Εμμανουήλ" (in Greek). Livanis.gr. Retrieved 2013-10-04.