Author: Matthias Monroy

  • Study: Drones are mostly negatively associated

    Study: Drones are mostly negatively associated

    The German Aerospace Center is involved in numerous projects involving civil and military drones. The focus is increasingly on their use by authorities and organizations with security tasks. Reason enough for the institute to increase their acceptance. Drones should therefore…

  • Europe’s largest police database expanded again

    Europe’s largest police database expanded again

    The Schengen Information System contains 79 million entries on persons and objects. These can now also be used by the EU agencies. A new regulation allows simple police officers to question people. With the publication in the Official Journal of…

  • EU-wide use of bank retention data to facilitate financial investigations

    EU-wide use of bank retention data to facilitate financial investigations

    In future, financial information will also be queried across borders for serious crimes, and even more authorities will have access. Banks and other financial service providers will have to adhere to deadlines for the release of financial information. In Germany,…

  • German authorities lead international working group on defence against small drones

    German authorities lead international working group on defence against small drones

    Three years ago, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior was already arming itself against attacks by small drones. These could endanger critical infrastructures or industrial facilities equipped with firearms or explosives. With the USA, Germany is now leading a…