Author: Matthias Monroy

  • Corona controls: German police use drones

    Corona controls: German police use drones

    To monitor measures against Covid-19, the federal states of Hesse and Bavaria deploy quadrocopters. In North Rhine-Westphalia, they fly over parks and gardens with a loudspeaker to instruct the population. A planned deployment in Frankfurt apparently does not take place…

  • Defence against drones: 420 million Euro for German airports

    Defence against drones: 420 million Euro for German airports

    The German Federal Police wants to equip 14 airports against unwanted drones. The government estimates the costs for each system at 30 million euros. A prototype is currently being tested in Hamburg by an armaments company and the Bundeswehr. The…

  • Chile: Spy like in Germany

    Chile: Spy like in Germany

    German police officers are advising the police in Santiago on setting up a department for undercover investigations. Further support is provided to improve the public presentation of police measures German criminal investigation offices are helping the police in Chile to…

  • Venezuela: Peter Krauth is released, now questions about Interpol warrants

    Venezuela: Peter Krauth is released, now questions about Interpol warrants

    Via Interpol, the German police are searching for Peter Krauth, Bernhard Heidbreder and Thomas Walter as members of a “terrorist group”. But all accusations are time-barred in Venezuela and partly also in Germany. The arrest warrants could therefore violate the…