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Fight against small drones: Police use military technology
The police and military are increasingly confronted with the unwanted use of commercially available drones. For countermeasures, they must be quickly detected and analyzed. German arms companies have developed various methods to then combat the aircrafts. Every year, around one… Further reading
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“Crawling, monitoring and gathering”: EU funds search engine for criminal Internet content
European police authorities and arms companies are working on a “powerful terrorism intelligence platform” on the Internet. It is intended to track down material to promote violence and radicalisation. The technology thus goes far beyond the threat of upload filters.… Further reading
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Misuse of warrants: Interpol wants to clean up
Despite an explicit ban, many countries use Interpol arrest warrants to pursue their opposition. The police organisation therefore wants to examine tens of thousands of alerts issued between 2014 and 2016 more closely. The main focus is on possible asylum… Further reading
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Interpol investigates war crimes in Syria and Iraq
Many “foreign fighters” return to their home countries, 40 Germans and 130 French citizens alone are to be transferred from Kurdish prisons. The authorities are collecting “battlefield evidence” to bring them to court. Many “foreign fighters” in Syria or Iraq… Further reading
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EU merges biometric data pots: Now the query tsunami is coming
Under the keyword “Interoperability”, the large EU databases in the area of justice and home affairs will be interlinked. Fingerprints and facial images are stored with personal data in a searchable “Identity Repository”. Data queries are expected to increase drastically,… Further reading
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European Commission wants to facilitate access to servers in third states
Police and judicial authorities are to have easier access to cloud data in the USA. To this end, a decree of the US government will also apply in the EU member states. As part of the “Budapest Convention”, US authorities… Further reading