Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Article 3

  • Access through Europol and databases: EU decides against control of Interpol

    Access through Europol and databases: EU decides against control of Interpol

    Authoritarian states use the international police organisation for the political persecution of opposition members. The EU Council or the Commission could coordinate the review of these misused alerts. However, the Parliament has agreed to a horse-trading deal. Next year in…

  • 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…

  • Interpol requests from Turkey: Sloppiness of German police puts own citizens into prison

    Interpol requests from Turkey: Sloppiness of German police puts own citizens into prison

    Two Germans are in extradition custody in Slovenia and Italy at the request of Turkish authorities. Both come from Turkey and were granted asylum in Germany for political persecution and later citizenship. Interpol should have withdrawn the request. The BKA,…

  • Misuse of warrants: Interpol wants to clean up

    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…

  • German government wants to repair Interpol

    German government wants to repair Interpol

    Some Member States use the international police organisation to persecute their opposition. 80,000 arrest warrants are therefore being re-examined. The Interpol police organisation may not use its international arrest warrants for political persecution. Article 3 of the Statutes therefore prohibits…

  • German Criminal Police maintains arrest warrants despite Interpol warning about political persecution

    German Criminal Police maintains arrest warrants despite Interpol warning about political persecution

    After the detention of critical authors and journalists, Interpol came under criticism. All arrest warrants should be reviewed retroactively for possible political persecution. German authorities promised to check incoming warrants more strictly. Little has happened since then. In police investigations,…