Tag: Discreet Checks
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Almost 600 right-wing extremists remain in hiding in Germany, while 94 people are wanted as “left-wing”
In the area of politically motivated crime, the German Police has outstanding arrest warrants for a total of 1,814 people. However, most of these persons are not wanted for political offences. The number of neo-Nazis wanted by warrant in Germany…
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Controversial term: German Ministry of the Interior sneaks “Gefährder” into the EU
In order for state protection departments to be able to cooperate better at EU level in the area of politically motivated crime, they need common definitions of the persons to be prosecuted. A corresponding initiative to this end comes from…
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Passenger data at German police: Many “matches” but far fewer “hits”
According to an EU directive, air passengers must accept that their data is collected, screened with police databases and then stored. For the first time, the German Federal Ministry of the Interior writes which individual alerts lead to police measures…
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Mass travel monitoring: 500 new posts for German Passenger Name Record system
EU-wide surveillance of air travellers is gathering pace. In the first year, the German BKA manually inspected tens of thousands of passengers after the automated screening. The authorities ordered follow-up measures for 277 passengers. These include arrests, open or discreet…