Schlagwort: European FBI
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New regulation: Europol becomes the Big Data police
Following the decision of the EU interior ministers, the new Europol law will come into force in June. The police agency will thus receive new areas of responsibility and powers. Comparatively quickly, EU member states and the Parliament have launched a new Europol regulation. Once set up to fight drug trafficking, the agency is being […]
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EU Parliament approves: Europol Regulation on the home straight
The EU police agency gets a new legal basis after six years. The expansion of its powers is hardly matched by new possibilities for supervision. A parliamentary control group even proves to be a driver for the expansion of an already powerful agency. The EU Parliament has voted by a large majority to extend Europol’s […]
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Negotiations on the Europol Regulation: Will there be a „European FBI“ by the end of the year?
Europol is to be allowed to carry out „discreet“ manhunts and request large amounts of data from private companies, using „artificial intelligence“. In addition, the police agency coordinates special units and cooperated with foreign secret services. The European Parliament, the Commission and the Council today began the so-called trilogue procedure for a new Europol regulation. […]