Category: Articles
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…