Schlagwort: Europol
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30 years of „crypto wars“: The EU chat control is the final enemy in the battle over encryption
The EU Commission and Europol have been working on access to encrypted content since 2015. The breakthrough came in 2020 with the German Council Presidency. Since the advent of encrypted communications and simple methods for their use, governments have been working on measures to circumvent them. That’s why 30 years ago, the US military secret […]
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„Ibiza Affair“: EU-wide arbitrary justice by Viennese Police and Justice, files show
How investigators from Austria overstretched European mutual legal assistance Last week, the German magazine Correctiv published the first interview conducted by Julian Hessenthaler in freedom. The private investigator is believed by authorities from Austria – so far without proof or conviction – to be the producer of the so-called Ibiza video. In 2019, the „Süddeutsche […]
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Europol coordinates armed special forces and now also surveillance teams
With the Atlas group, the EU has a powerful police network of 38 member states. On Germany’s initiative, a „surveillance group“ has now been added. Actually, the European Union is not supposed to take competences away from the member states. Therefore, in each of the 27 EU countries, the local police is responsible for law […]
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Schengen Information System launched in new version
The renewed SIS is active since today. Its number of alerts issued across Europe exceeds one million. However, the EU Commission is misleading about the true character of the system. The EU Commission today launched the updated Schengen Information System (SIS). Following a renewal of the Regulation, this largest European security and border management database […]