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Frontex Aerial Service: Reconnaissance for the so-called Libyan coast guard
The EU Border Agency charters private aircraft to monitor the EU’s external borders. First Italy and Croatia have ordered the flights, now Frontex also flies in the Aegean Sea, above…
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No Israeli drones fly for Frontex after crash
Several Member States use EU services for unmanned maritime surveillance of different sizes. Operations for Frontex were stopped since January. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and Frontex will not…
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Frontex aircraft: Below the radar against international law
For three years, Frontex has been chartering small aircraft for the surveillance of the EU’s external borders. First Italy was thus supported, then Croatia followed. Frontex keeps the planes details…
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Europol uses Palantir
Since 2016, the European Police Agency has been using the “Gotham” software to analyse big data. Europol has signed a contract for 7.5 million euros with the company Capgemini, just…
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Project Interoperability: EU to pay 300 million EUR for face and fingerprint recognition
The companies IDEMIA and Sopra Steria are setting up a biometric recognition system for the EU. For this purpose, fingerprints and facial images from five databases will be stored in…
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North and Baltic Sea: German authority orders EU drone surveillance
In several projects, the German Federal Police is testing drones in maritime environments. So far, the unmanned aircrafts have to fly in restricted areas, but soon they could be integrated…