the survey of covert and overt...

The Survey of covert and overt

harassments

1600 victims in Japan

Technological Crime Victims Network

19/02/2018

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Contents

1 Number of victims of covert harassment by type of victimization P5

2 Number of victims of overt harassment by type of victimization P7

3 Year that victims found themselves targeted by covert harassment P9

4 Year that victims found themselves targeted by overt harassment P9

5 Harassment by voice transmission

5.1 How many different voices do you hear?

5.2 What do the voices say?

5.3 Where do you hear the voices?

5.4 How often do you hear the voices?

5.5 Do you think that feelings through your five senses or your

thoughts are read by perpetrators?

5.6 Why do you think that your thought get to the perpetrators?

5.7 How fast do perpetrators respond to you when you think

something?

5.8 What kind of subjects do you think get to the perpetrators?

5.9 Where do you hear the voice?

P10

6 Harassment by sound transmission

6.1 Where do you hear the sound?

6.2 From where do you hear the sound?

6.3 In the case that you hear sounds in your head, what kind of

sounds do you hear?

6.4 In the case that you hear sounds from somewhere in the air,

what kind of sounds do you hear?


P13

7 Harassment by Image Transmission

7.1 Is your seeing images related to your physical condition?

7.2 What is your condition when you see images?

7.3 How often do you experience image transmission?

7.4 Are the images you see colored?

7.5 What do you see when you experience image transmission?

7.6 Where do you experience image transmission?

P15

8 Sleep disturbance

8.1 What is sleep disturbance caused by ?

8.2 How many hours Can you sleep?

P17

3

8.3 By how many minutes break, are you forced to get awaken?

8.4 Do you realize that perpetrators use shift systems in the

midnight?

8.5 Which day is your sleep disturbed?

8.6 Can you manage to work on the day of sleeping disturbance?

9 Attack on the body

9.1 Which part of your body is attacked

9.2 What are your physical and mental conditions while you are

exposed to the attack?

9.3 What mental damage have you had since this harassment

occurred?

P20

10 Attack on sense of taste

10.1 Do you feel that foreign matters are mixed in your foods ?

P21

11 Attack on sense of smell

11.1 Do you feel an unusual odor?

P21

12 Overt harassment

12.1 Are you suffering overt harassment?

12.2 Where have you suffered Overt harassment?

12.3 Have you suffered the similar harassment in foreign

countries?


countries?

P22

13 The breakdown or failure of the home electric appliances

13.1 What electric appliances broke down?

13.2 Did you consult with staff at electronic retail stores?

P23

14 Automobile-related harassment

14.1 Do you have documentary photographs and insurance papers

after you had a car accident?

14.2 Have you ever been let down the tire of your car?

14.3 Do you drive the car after you got into a car accident?

P24

15 Wiretapping and secret filming

15.1 Do you feel you are wiretapped and/or secretly filmed?

15.2 Do you feel you are wiretapped and/or secretly filmed even

when shutters are closed?

15.3 Do you feel you are wiretapped and/or secret filmed when

you are in your bed with covered over your body?

P25

4

15.4 Do you feel you are secretly filmed when you hide yourself in

the closet?

15.5 What kind of technology do you think used for secret filming?

15.6 Why do you think perpetrators perform wiretapping and

secretly filming?

15.7 Have you ever detected wiretapping devices or hidden

cameras?

16 Detection of electromagnetic waves and ultrasonic waves

16.1 Have you ever tried to measure electromagnetic waves and

ultrasonic waves with measuring devices?

16.2 Have you ever detected any signals?

P27

17 Personal information

17.1 Where do you think your leaked personal information

reaches?

17.2 What is the cause you noticed that your personal information

leaked?

17.3 What kind of your personal information is leaked?

17.4 How did the perpetrator get your personal information which

is leaked?

17.5 What is your condition when your thoughts are read?

P27

18 Main perpetrator

18.1 Who do you think main perpetrators are?

P30

19 Recognition about the way of harassment

19.1 How did you notice the presence of this kind of harassment

and the way of harassment?

19.2 Who did you consult with so far?

P31

20 Doctors , Medicines

20.1 Have you ever had the medical examination by doctors?

20.2 Are you taking medication?

20.3 Have you had the explanation about the medicine from the

doctor?

20.4 How has your physical condition changed after you started

medication?

P32

5

1. Number of victims of covert harassment

by type of victimization - Part1

358

361

367

382

409

416

421

422

470

516

527

543

543

560

569

580

582

583

598

607

628

646

647

652

653

690

709

717

759

799

868

967

1022

1083

1091

0 500 1000 1500

hear a voice from a distance

pain in genitals

manipulation of excretory function

feel of touch on the genital

vibration of the surroundings

gas

listless feeling

depression

diarrhea

see images

sense strange smell

elevated suspicion

sensation of body tic(splattering)

amplified hatred

sudden fluctuation of pulse

nervousness

cold symptoms(coughs,nasal inflammation etc.)

vibration of the body

lethargy

the muscle moves against his/her will

strong sleepiness

insomnia

anxiety of mind being violated

extreme fatigue

suppression and activation of the brain activity

intervention to the consciousness

feel like an electricity ran through the body

unnatural dreams

pain in organs such as a heart

amplified fear or anxiety

tightening or numb feeling on the head, headache

hear a voice

hear a noise

sleep disturbance

thoughts are read

1600 victims

6

1. Number of victims of covert harassment

by type of victimization – Part2

119

120

123

125

148

161

170

172

173

177

187

197

201

204

208

211

212

227

227

229

238

239

253

285

289

314

323

326

328

338

357

357

0 500 1000 1500

unusual drunkenness

fainting

motion sickness

incontinence of feces

loss of sense of smell

strange feeling left in the mouth after eating

unusual food poisoning

loss of taste

insertion in the anal

zooming eyes

a burn

slackness of anus

feel of insertion in genital

mania

feels like something is implanted in the head

feel like the head is wrapped with something soft

strong body odor

sensation of burn on the back of eyeballs

sleep paralysis

loss of eye sight

loss of hearing

incontinence of urine

a poor diet

pain of impact from air bullets

loss of vitality

sexual excitement

bizarre air

incontrollable impulse

excessive perspiration

constipation

overeating

pain of something piercing through the body

1600 victims

7

2. Number of victims of overt harassment

by type of victimization - Part1

465

478

482

497

504

519

532

578

579

616

632

645

646

657

683

684

776

826

873

1034

1053

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

suspicious behavior of the people at work

ostracism (isolation)

Personal criticism by TV or radio presenters

silent phone calls

malicious mischief on your car, bike ormotorcycle

Spreading rumors

following using motorcycles

suspicious attitudes toward you when shopping

suspicious behavior of the police

phone disturbance

suspicious behavior

failure of electrical devices

hostile attitude(i.e. glaring and spitting)

malfunction of electrical devices

intervention to your PC

house breaking

suspicious behavior of the neighbors

following and watch keeping using a car

secret filming

following(shadowing and stalking)

wiretapping

1600 victims

8

2. Number of victims of overt harassment

by type of victimization – Part2

40

58

67

81

81

109

110

112

130

171

188

188

204

257

257

294

319

365

387

388

397

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

rape

derogatory leaflets distribution

threatening phone calls

assault

throwing objects into the house

site ravaging

malfunction of a car door

an attack with alien substance when you aredriving

uncontrollable vehicle

dumping feces in or around the premises

dumping dead animals in or around the premises

house burglary

location change of money and goods in thehouse

thrown objects in the premises

threatening

loss of money and goods in the house

undelivered mail

malfunction of fluorescent lights

cussing・revilement

trespassing

suspicious e-mails

1600 victims

9

3. Year that victims found themselves

targeted by covert harassment

4. Year that victims found themselves

targeted by covert harassment

1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 2 4 3 3 2 3 38 6 4 5 7 9

131316

13

36

17

3843

4948

66

56

80

71

105

108

125

111

95

58

87

45

8

1

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

1949

1954

1957

1970

1972

1975

1977

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

1600 victims

1 1 1 1 1 1 14

2 2 13 2 2 2 3

64 3

5

1013

96

85

26

21

1111

24

45

52

45

56

64

53

61

7074

92

75

82

6667

53

24

12

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

1955

1961

1962

1966

1967

1970

1971

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

1600 victims

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5. Harassment by voice transmission

5.1 How many different voices do you hear?

5.2 What do the voices say?

5.3 Where do you hear the voices?

123

835

0 200 400 600 800 1000

one

the plural

967 victims

427

600

627

693

0 200 400 600 800

information about third persons

including acquaintances

personal information

order or threat

malicious slander

967 victims

257

262

359

629

717

0 200 400 600 800

from the wall of your room

through the noise of daily life

Along with sounds coming from

electrical appliances or cars

From where in the air

in and around your head

967victi…

11

5.4 How often do you hear voices?

5.5 Do you think that feelings through your five senses or

your thoughts are read by perpetrators?

5.6 Why do you think that your thought get to the

perpetrators?

82

203

624

0 200 400 600 800

a fixed time zone

sometimes

all day

967victims

92

727

0 200 400 600 800

No

Yes

967victims

220

576

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

the others

Because your thought can

communicate interactively

with the perpetrators

967victims

12

5.7 How fast do perpetrators respond to you when you

think about something?

5.8 What kind of subjects do you think get to the

perpetrators?

5.9 Where do you hear the voice?

117

672

0 200 400 600 800

you feel time lag

respond quickly

967 victims

279

296

348

615

633

688

0 200 400 600 800

taste

feel of touch

smell

the voice and the sound that you

hear

the image what you see

thoughts and images

967victims

100

291

346

405

632

728

0 500 1000

hear the voice even overseas

hear the voice even in tunnel

hear the voice even in the under

Ground

hear the voice even moving to

distant places

outside of the house

inside the house

967victims

13

6. Harassment by sound transmission


6.2 From where do you hear the sound?

6.3 In the case that you hear sounds in your head, what

kind of sounds do you hear?

118

145

552

647

0 200 400 600 800

at the office

in the train

anywhere

at home

1022 victims

370

394

400

514

714

0 200 400 600 800

along the wall

with functioning sounds of

electric appliances

near your ears

in your head

in space

1022 victims

45

83

84

153

334

0 100 200 300 400

sound of breaking glass

sound of an explosion

the noise of an excavator under

construction

sound of slamming the door

high pitch noise

1022 victims

14

6.4 In the case that you hear sounds from somewhere in the

air, what kind of sounds so you hear?


79

87

107

176

180

200

214

225

268

270

334

401

448

485

492

607

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

sound of snapping of elastic cord

sound of throwing and hitting object to

your car when you are driving

an explosive sound of fixed object

unusual vibration

sound of dropping of solid object

high pitch noise of metal

an explosion sound in electric appliance

sound of hitting against something

sound of oscillating

music: weird melodies

creaking

voive of birds and insects

the noise of snap

low pith noise

the abnormal noise of electric appliance

high pith noise

1022 victims

86

118

145

647

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700

the other places

at office

in a vehicle

at home

1022 victims

15

7. Harassment by Image Transmission

7.1 Is your seeing images related to your physical

condition?

7.2 What is your condition when you see images?

7.3 How often do you experience image transmission?

84

399

0 100 200 300 400 500

It has relation

It does not have relation

516 victims

55

108

155

273

306

323

0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350

in a dark place

when you turn out a light in your

room

when you are sleepy

while sleeping

opening your eyes

closing your eyes

516 victims

12

177

220

0 100 200 300

regularly

everyday

sometimes

516 victims

16

7.4 Are the images you see colored?

7.5 What do you see when you experience image

transmission?

7.6 Where do you experience image transmission?

101

152

299

0 200 400

black and white

colored, black and white

colored

516 victims

115

176

261

0 100 200 300

still picture

movie

movie and still picture

516 victims

29

72

86

105

238

412

0 200 400 600

even overseas

in a tunnel

underground of building

you see image even if moving far

away

outside your house

in your house

516 victims

17

8. Sleep disturbance

8.1 What is sleep disturbance caused by?

8.2 How many hours Can you sleep?

481

515

517

559

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

an ache

by voices

Technology of forcing to Awake

by noise

1083 victims

73

70

152

199

128

101

44

29

19

5

8

5

9

105

0 100 200 300

~1hours

1hours~2hours

2hours~3hours

3hours~4hours

4hours~5hours

5hours~6hours

6hours~7hours

7hours~8hours

8hours~9hours

9hours~10hours

10hours~11hours

11 hours~12hours

over 12 hours

It depends on your Condition

1083 victims

18

8.3 By how many minutes break, are you forced to get

awaken?

8.4 Do you realize that perpetrators use shift systems in

the midnight?

100

35

46

69

116

62

14

3

85

0 50 100 150

all the time

intervals for 10 o 20 minutes

intervals for 30 minutes

intervals for 1 hours

intervals for 1 or 2 hours




unspecified

1083 victims

530

434

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

No

Yes

1083 victims

19

8.5 Which day is your sleep disturbed?

8.6 Can you manage to work on the day of sleeping

disturbance?

26

23

31

82

90

617

0 500 1000

once per 2days

once per 3days

regularly

the day you have to leave Home

because of urgency

the day you have to get to Your office

earlier

everyday

1083 victims

27

67

114

330

349

0 100 200 300 400

you can work without any

difficulty

you take the day off

you never can work

you can’t concentrate on

working

you barely work

1083 victims

20

9. Attack on the body

9.1 which part of your body is attacked?

9.2 What are your physical and mental conditions while you

are exposed to the attack?

9.3 What mental damages have you had since this

harassment occured?

230

844

0 200 400 600 800 1000

the same part

it varies

1074 victims

500

538

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

bad or damaged mentally

good(aside body attack) and not

losing calmness

1074 victims

345

347

381

482

590

591

0 500 1000

Manic-depressive state

Various emotions

Neurosis

Abhorrence

extreme fall of brain function

including the ability to think

feeling of fear

1074 victims

21

10. Attack on sense of taste

10.1 Do you feel that foreign matters are mixed in your

foods?

11. Attack on sense of smell

11.1 Do you feel an unusual odor?

1438

162

0 1000 2000

Others and No answer

Feeling mixed foreign matters in

gustation

1600 victims

1186

414

0 500 1000 1500

Others and No answer

Have an unusual odor

1600 victims

22

12 Overt harassment

12.1 Are you suffering overt harassment?

12.2 Where have you suffered Overt harassment?


countries?

61

1291

0 500 1000 1500

No

Yes

1600 victims

111

161

203

569

622

635

701

894

0 500 1000

Group activities

School

Restaurant

Working place

Shop

At the home

Train and Bus

Street

1291victims

464

488

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

the same at other areas

Only the local area

1291victims

23


countries?

13 The breakdown or failure of the home electric

appliances

13.1 What electric appliances broke down?

13.2 Did you consult with staff at electronics retail stores?

71

150

680

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Not suffer in foreign countries

Suffer the same as in foreign

countries

No visit foreign countries

1291victims

312

324

431

584

673

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800

Refrigerator・Air-conditioner

Electric light bulb・Fluorescent light

Television・Radio

Telephone equipment Mobile phone

Personal Computer・Word processor

1600 victims

481

378

0 100 200 300 400 500 600

Not asked the advice to the

specialized shop

Asked the advice to the specialized

shop1600 victims

24

14. Automobile-related harassment

14.1 Do you have documentary photographs and insurance

papers after you had a car accident?

14.2 Have you ever been let down the tire of your car?

14.3 Do you drive the car after you got into a car accident?

218

95

0 100 200 300

No

Yes

1600 victims

225

170

0 100 200 300

No

Yes

1600 victims

31

38

160

0 100 200

Drive as little as possible

Scrap and not have the car

Drive as before

1600 victims

25

15 Wiretapping and secret filming

15.1 Do you feel you are wiretapped and/or secretly

filmed?

15.2 Do you feel you are wiretapped and/or secretly filmed

even when shutters are closed?

15.3 Do you feel you are wiretapped and/or secret filmed

when you are in your bed with covered over your body?

15.4 Do you feel you are secretly filmed when you hide

yourself in the closet?

49

1032

0 200 400 600 800 10001200

Not eavesdropping and peeped

Eavesdropped and peeped

1600 victims

123

585

0 200 400 600 800

No

Yes

1032 victims

155

530

0 200 400 600

No

Yes

1032 victims

162

363

0 100 200 300 400

No

Yes

1032 victims

26

15.5 What kind of technology do you think used for secret

filming?

15.6 Why do you think perpetrators perform wiretapping

and secretly filming?

15.7 Have you ever detected wiretapping devices or hidden

cameras?

289

299

307

0 100 200 300 400

Ultrasonic waves

Infrared ray radiation

Microwave

1032 victims

28

39

152

0 50 100 150 200

Get the car

Get the things

Get the money

1032 victims

729

73

0 500 1000

No

Yes 1032 victims

27

16 Detection of electromagnetic waves and ultrasonic

waves

16.1 Have you ever tried to measure electromagnetic

waves and ultrasonic waves with measuring devices?

16.2 Have you ever detected any signals?

17 Personal information

17.1 Where do you think your leaked personal information

reaches?

729

410

0 200 400 600 800

No

Yes

1600 victims

392

242

0 100 200 300 400 500

No

Yes

1600 victims

212

382

467

652

0 200 400 600 800

Others

Mass media

Working place (School)

Neighborhood residents

1600 victims

28

17.2 What is the cause you noticed that your personal

information leaked?

17.3 What kind of your personal information is leaked?

155

365

451

537

648

0 500 1000

The others

Reaction of performers at the show on

TV or Radio

Reaction at the office

Human harassment of suspicious

person

Reaction of neighbors and the third

person

1600 victims

429

516

592

657

661

711

733

0 200 400 600 800

Incident at your office or school

Your thoughts and image

Preference, tastes and your

character

Incident in the past

The things which only you can

know

Contents of your talking by phone

and your conversation

with others

The things about daily life

1600 victims

29

17.4 How did the perpetrator get your personal information

which is leaked?

17.5 What is your condition when your thoughts are read?

697

735

832

0 200 400 600 800

Your thoughts are read

Surveillance of your daily life (outside

the room)

Surveillance of your daily life (inside

the room)

1600 victims

372

415

657

0 200 400 600 800

Closing your mouth, but moving

tongue and muttered the words

When you talked with clear voice

You had visual image, closing mouth

and not moving your tongue

1091victims

30

18 Main perpetrator

18.1 Who do you think main perpetrators are?

84

137

206

238

302

395

558

582

0 500 1000

The US Army in Japan

Self- defense force of Japan

The mass media

Your office

People related crime syndicate

Organization of high level of a state

New cult organization

Neighbors, acquaintances

1600 victims

31

19 Recognition about the way of harassment

19.1 How did you notice the presence of this kind of

harassment and the way of harassment?

19.2 Who did you consult with so far?

44

98

588

679

0 200 400 600 800

Magazines

Your friend・your acquaintances

Web site of our NPO

Web site outside our NPO

1600 victims

72

75

93

273

337

856

0 200 400 600 800 1000

A public health center

Start up the web site

Mass media

The government office

The lawyer

The police

1600 victims

32

20 Doctors , Medicines

20.1 Have you ever had the medical examination by

doctors?

20.2 Are you taking medication?

20.3 Have you had the explanation about the medicine

from the doctor?

20.4 How has your physical condition changed after you

started medication?

396

835

0 500 1000

No

Yes

1600 victims

375

470

0 200 400 600

No

Yes

1600 victims

113

445

0 200 400 600

No

Yes

1600 victims

160

115

216

0 100 200 300

Nothing changed

Changed to worse condition

Changed to better condition

1600 victims

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