Tag: BKA
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European police actions on English Channel: German authorities prevent “human smuggling” from the EU
In joint raids, European police forces confiscate life jackets, making it more difficult for refugees to cross into the UK. The German Federal Police are also taking part. Both the German Federal Police and the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) are again participating in cooperative efforts to prosecute smuggling across the English Channel. This was […]
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Drastic increase in automated searches in SIS II presumably due to number plate recognition
More than half of all searches in the Schengen Information System now take place without human intervention. A striking increase has been observed since 2018. Many Schengen members have introduced number plate recognition during this time. Automatic queries in the Schengen Information System (SIS II) have been increasing sharply in recent years. This is confirmed […]
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Annual statistics: German police count more political crime
According to the Criminal Police, offences in the “left-wing” phenomenon area fell by almost a third For 22 years, the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) has been documenting tables on politically motivated crime (PMK). Last year, the number of offences in Germany had risen to a total of 58,916, reaching an all-time high since […]
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“Ibiza Affair”: EU-wide arbitrary justice by Viennese Police and Justice, files show
How investigators from Austria overstretched European mutual legal assistance Last week, the German magazine Correctiv published the first interview conducted by Julian Hessenthaler in freedom. The private investigator is believed by authorities from Austria – so far without proof or conviction – to be the producer of the so-called Ibiza video. In 2019, the “Süddeutsche […]