Tag: Customs
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German journalists’ union applauds financial repression against Hüseyin Doğru – customs now extends them to his family
Customs authorities have now also seized the accounts of the wife of German journalist Hüseyin Doğru. A major journalists’ association supports these harsh sanctions. Another notorious association spreads false claims. German authorities have now also “secured” the bank accounts of…
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Surveillance now banned in secrecy: German government takes a new approach towards parliament
The left-wing parliamentary group has published annual figures for stealth SMS and other surveillance measures based on parliamentary questions. The Social Democratic Ministry of the Interior is now putting an end to this. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has…
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More German authorities introduce facial recognition, while the police photo database breaks through 5 million mark
German police forces have been using a facial recognition system at the Federal Criminal Police Office since 2008. Three other security or migration authorities are now expanding this technology with their own applications. “It is now becoming clear how well…
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Too much cocaine from “hinterland”: Berlin wants security partnership “from Peru to Germany”
Due to increasing cocaine seizures, there should be better surveillance of German harbours. Latin American security authorities will therefore be joining a conference in Hamburg in May. The German Minister of the Interior, Nancy Faeser (Social Democratic Party of Germany,…