Pet Talks
Session: 15th Riigikogu, 5th sitting, press briefing
Date: 2025-04-23 15:45
Participating Politicians:
Total Speeches: 10
Membership: 15
Agenda Duration: 14m
AI Summaries: 10/10 Speeches (100.0%)
Analysis: Structured Analysis
Politicians Speaking Time
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Analysis
Summary
Within a series of five questions, the nature and prevention measures of phishing scams were discussed, along with the tools available to the Ministry of the Interior to combat them (including the PPA's role and international cooperation, including PhishOFF). Speakers highlighted the importance of protecting and informing a vulnerable elderly target group, as well as the scale of international crime and the need to act in larger centers. Attention was also paid to the effectiveness of population protection notification systems and the issues surrounding the replacement and installation of sirens in the Maardu area, where a suitable solution is being sought and needs-based information is guaranteed. In conclusion, emphasis was placed on prevention, notification, and cooperation between different institutions and sectors to reduce phishing scams and strengthen the protection of residents.
Decisions Made 1
No decisions were made. The discussion focused on continuing preventive and collaborative measures and international cooperation to combat fraudulent speeches.
Most Active Speaker
The most active participant was the Minister of the Interior, Igor Tarole (pid uexmw3AlP24). His presentations were thorough and with lengthy responses; he kept the discussion central and emphasized the role of the PPA, international cooperation, and preventative measures. His position is that of a minister (no other political category than left/centre-left).
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The Riigikogu moves on, and the fifth question is to Interior Minister Igor Tarole, asked by Riigikogu member Vadim Belobrovtsev, the topic being scam calls.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Vadim Belobrovtsev notes that telephone fraud is a serious and acute problem in Estonia, to which the Centre Party faction has drawn attention several times, and which has been hoped to be solved also through SDE chairman Lauri Läänemets, and now asks the new minister whether this problem is large and what concrete steps are needed to protect people, inform the public, and improve statistics.
Siseminister Igor Taro
AI Summary
The presentation emphasizes the threat of scam calls to the elderly and explains that international and lucrative crime, which has grown since 2020, requires broad cooperation, and the PPA's success includes, for example, the PhishOFF operation, during which 28,000 servers were checked, hundreds of phishing pages were stopped, and dozens of individuals were arrested in 17 countries, and it stresses the need to apprehend large centers and the responsible individuals and to maintain international cooperation, although bringing masterminds to justice may not always succeed due to international restrictions.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The chair, Lauri Hussar, thanks and asks Vadim Belobrovtsev to present a clarifying question.
Vadim Belobrovtsev
Profiling Eesti Keskerakonna fraktsioonAI Summary
Belobrovtsev emphasizes that the number of frauds is increasing, especially phone scams, and calls on the state to increase resources and to expand outreach (including mail notices in Estonian, Russian and English) and to cooperate with banks and operators to protect elderly people.
Siseminister Igor Taro
AI Summary
Interior Minister Igor Taro said that the most effective prevention against scam calls is awareness-raising activities, and in May the PPA plans a week-long campaign focused on the elderly, using traditional media or flyers as needed, and cooperating with banks to increase people's awareness and reduce the number of situations in which a person becomes a victim of a scam call.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
The chairman Lauri Hussar thanked and informed that his colleague Vladimir Arhipov would present an additional question.
Vladimir Arhipov
Profiling Fraktsiooni mittekuuluvad Riigikogu liikmedAI Summary
Vladimir Arhipov notes that paying attention to small things is important, because money goes to scammers every day, and asks the minister about installing a siren in Maardu and Muuga: whether, as a third option, a 22-meter mast is being considered and whether residents will hear the siren in time.
Siseminister Igor Taro
AI Summary
That Estonia, in the global world, in terms of all this crime, is a small piece, said Interior Minister Igor Taro, there is a need to expand the broad civil-protection alert system (sirens), which is currently available in only 22 settlements, and to find suitable installation sites and also to consider infrastructures, housing associations or companies, so that the alert reaches everyone and not only to a few houses, and to find a solution for Maardu and other settlements where there is not yet a suitable location.
Esimees Lauri Hussar
AI Summary
Chairman Lauri Hussar thanks and announces that today’s consideration of the fifth question ends.