Tag: Europe
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Cracking of Encrochat crypto phones: Shockwave from Europol
France’s secret service hacked the Encrochat crypto service and created a goldmine for law enforcement. Thousands were arrested. Doubts remain about the usability of the data in court. To escape the increasingly easy surveillance by secret services, police and customs,…
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„European Return Centre“: How Frontex oils the EU deportation machine
Rejected asylum seekers are to be returned to their country of origin with “restraint techniques” and in a climate-neutral way. Part of the EU’s migration policy is to return rejected asylum seekers to their countries of origin or to other…
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EU aerial surveillance for Libya makes Tripoli coastguard doing the “dirty work”
The European border agency observes boats with refugees from the air and lets them be brought back to North Africa. A new report by human rights organisations criticises this as “Airborne Complicity”. The European Union has withdrawn ships from the…
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German project: Drones for non-governmental maritime rescue
Searchwing has developed a waterproof drone that can be hand-launched from a ship. In a two-hour mission, the aircraft flies up to 120 kilometres. For real-time transmission, members are working on a new model. In the Mediterranean, EU agencies use…