Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 26 Jul 2026 00:50:25 +0200'Normal' Czech police practice: Wiretaps installed on 100 out of every 100,000 inhabitantshttps://english.radio.cz/normal-czech-police-practice-wiretaps-installed-100-out-every-100000-inhabitants-8092191© 2026 Radio Prague International Czech police president Jiri Kolar is under fire for having said last week that bugging phone lines is "normal" police practice, which does not infringe on citizens' rights and should not be of any concern to people — as long as they abide by the law. Mr Kolar is right about one thing — electronic surveillance and wiretapping is widespread in the Czech Republic. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/kolar_jiri1.jpg?timestamp=1590305473 'Normal' Czech police practice: Wiretaps installed on 100 out of every 100,000 inhabitants https://english.radio.cz/normal-czech-police-practice-wiretaps-installed-100-out-every-100000-inhabitants-8092191 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9