Author: Matthias Monroy
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Fortress Europe: EU wants more border surveillance technology
Activists warn of increase in illegal deportations and police violence The EU Commission still maintains that it does not want to finance fences at the Union’s external borders – at least not directly. However, the 12 member states that already…
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Protests in Italy against EU patrol boats for Libya
Coast guard harassed Italian fishermen 80 kilometres off Tripoli Around 100 people demonstrated in the northern Italian Veneto region on Monday against the delivery of patrol boats to the so-called coast guard in Libya. The protests took place in front…
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Strike against Radio Dreyeckland: German police now know sources
With the search of the free radio station, authorities obtained large amounts of unencrypted data. The public prosecutor’s office also demanded that the web host hand over the IP addresses of all visitors. All those affected by the search of…
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ATM bombers in Germany: Successes against “Audi gang”
Sweeps by German authorities in the Netherlands, arrests after pursuit also in North Rhine-Westphalia Investigators from Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg have apparently succeeded in a manhunt concerning ATM bombing. For more than a year, the public prosecutor’s office in Bamberg and…
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Catalan spycop with sexual relations, case reminds on Mark Kennedy
Five women denounce exposed officer in Barcelona for abuse The Catalan biweekly “La Directa” has unmasked an undercover officer who infiltrated social movements in Barcelona on behalf of the Spanish National Police for over three years. According to the report,…
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Armed hypocrisy with Aija Kalnaja, in line with the values of the EU
Misconducts are “pactices of the Past”, Frontex reported after Aija Kalnaja took over as interim director in the autumn. The Latvian-born 53-year-old succeeded Fabrice Leggeri, who was investigated by the EU’s anti-fraud agency and who considered human rights violations to…