Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: ECTC

  • Quitting EU adviser: Gilles de Kerchove invents “left-wing terrorist” threat

    Quitting EU adviser: Gilles de Kerchove invents “left-wing terrorist” threat

    A handful of property damages in Italy could lead to left-wing activism being pursued more closely by police and secret services across the European Union. The initiative bears the hallmarks of the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution.…

  • “Battlefield information”: EU police to cooperate more closely with secret services and military

    “Battlefield information”: EU police to cooperate more closely with secret services and military

    Authorities in the European Union use biometric data and crime scene evidence from Iraq and Syria to process war crimes, secretly track suspects and control migration. Now the procedure is to be extended to African countries. After a meeting of…

  • Brexit agreement: Close EU police cooperation with the UK continues

    Brexit agreement: Close EU police cooperation with the UK continues

    British authorities retain access to the EU-wide exchange of PNR data and are allowed to query biometric records in EU member states. Additional agreements regulate close cooperation with Europol and the rapid extradition of wanted persons. However, the UK must…

  • Europol uses Palantir

    Europol uses Palantir

    Since 2016, the European Police Agency has been using the “Gotham” software to analyse big data. Europol has signed a contract for 7.5 million euros with the company Capgemini, just over half of the money has already been spent. Palantir…

  • EU opens its biggest database for secret services from third countries

    EU opens its biggest database for secret services from third countries

    In the Schengen Information System, police and secret services may, inter alia, issue alerts for secret monitoring. Authorities from non-EU states can now have searches carried out via a detour. The German government remains silent about the exact role of…

  • Customs Union: 27 countries “work together as if they were one”

    Customs Union: 27 countries “work together as if they were one”

    Customs authorities are seen as „gatekeepers of EU borders for the flow of goods“. They increasingly rely on „risk analysis“ and new information systems. Now the EU customs cooperation with police and border authorities will be enhanced. Since 1968, the European…