A Canadian police officer is accused of sending confidential information to Rwanda. The man of Rwandan origin was arrested by federal police in the state of Alberta last weekend. He is charged with three crimes, including secretly transmitting data abroad.
Published on: February 17, 2024 – 8:02 p.m
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Eli Ndatuje, a gendarmerie officer near Calgary, is accused of using his position to obtain federal police information.
And to have transmitted them to a foreign country, in this case Rwanda. He is accused of breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer. The facts are from April 2022.
According to the Canadian Press, a federal police team launched an investigation after observing data leaks. She found that these had been forwarded to the Rwandan embassy in Canada or to a person with a diplomatic passport from the same country. The nature of the data was not disclosed, but it was non-sensitive information such as the Canadian resident's address, driver's license, license plate number and criminal record.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have said they are committed to combating foreign interference at all levels.
The affair caused a stir on social networks. The Rwandan diaspora remembers the Rwandan regime's surveillance and intimidation methods abroad to suppress all dissent. He cites the example of a genocide survivor and critic of the ruling regime who has been the subject of a campaign of harassment on social networks since his exile in Canada.
Recall that in 2013, former Rwandan intelligence chief turned regime opponent Patrick Karegeya was found dead in Johannesburg under suspicious circumstances.