Tag: Discreet Check
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EU database: European domestic secret services increasingly hunt abroad
50,000 people are under secret surveillance throughout Europe by the French police, another 50,000 are to be checked during routine police operations or when crossing the EU border. In the field of secret services, this wanted list is headed by Germany. Requests for such clandestine observation can also come from third countries. More than 1,500 […]
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Europol to become a global criminal information hub
With new regulations, the EU Police Agency will soon have access to many millions of alerts and searches, including fingerprints and facial images. The function is part of the “2020+ Strategy”. Connection to other information systems is already being planned. Europol will be connected to the Schengen Information System (SIS II) from the end of […]
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Again strong increase for secret searches in Europe’s largest police database
The Schengen Information System allows alerts to be issued for “discreet checks”; the persons concerned should not be informed of this if possible. The number of these Article 36 searches has been increasing significantly for years. French and British police and intelligence services are mainly responsible for this. The number of secret alerts in the […]
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Europe’s largest police database expanded again
The Schengen Information System contains 79 million entries on persons and objects. These can now also be used by the EU agencies. A new regulation allows simple police officers to question people. With the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union three new regulations for the Schengen Information System (SIS) have entered into […]