A person who has encountered such a nuisance as threats on the phone knows how unpleasant it is. The subscriber may receive persistent offers to "sort it out", outright blackmail, intimidation with compromising information and even threats of murder. A special article is allocated for such actions in the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, but it is often difficult to find a telephone attacker.
As a rule, those who call very rarely pursue a real goal and do not dare to realize what they are warning obsessively and persistently on the phone. Their main and main task is to psychologically exhaust the "enemy", to make him weak-willed and obedient, in order to then enjoy the achieved effect. And he is often very visual - the intimidated person feels at ease, his business is worse and often gives up his health. In the legal language, there are actions that are detrimental to human health, and even human life. Punishment for such acts is provided for by Art. 119 of the Criminal Code. The threat of murder or grievous bodily harm will be punished for up to 240 hours of compulsory labor or 2 to 5 years of restraint of liberty.
Hard to prove, but possible
In practice, proving the threat of a threat by phone is quite difficult. The first thing you need to do in this situation is to apply to the police on duty and make sure that they are registered there by issuing the appropriate ticket.
In order for the investigators to be provided with factual material, telephone threats must be recorded on the recorder. You will have to do this yourself, because only a court can make a decision on the telephone wiretapping, and this is troublesome and time may be lost.
If the voice of the threatening caller seems familiar or there is some speculation about the causes and origin of the phone calls and their organizers, this also needs to be stated in a statement to the police. It is necessary to find as many grounds as possible so that the investigating authorities can initiate a criminal case.
It is not superfluous to attach a certificate from the local doctor about the deterioration of health due to constant stress. It happens that after such telephone threats a person has to call an ambulance.
A listing of calls from a mobile operator along with a certificate from an ambulance station is a good help to the investigation and not an extra proof of the severity of the acts of telephone hooligans. The same can be confirmed by witnesses of telephone threats: households, neighbors, colleagues.
The rest is up to the investigators. They are required to interview the suspects, take the necessary measures and, ideally, bring the case to court. But, judging by the procedural practice and the opinion of lawyers, cases of telephone threats quite rarely reach the court. Often they end even during the pre-trial investigation. As a rule, the plaintiff does not have enough patience, nerves and time to bring the case to the end. Although it’s not worth it to slow down the tricks of telephone hooligans, as impunity is a new crime in the future.
