Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Federal Ministry of the Interior

  • Focus in Saxony: Germany-wide again significantly more right-wing extremist marches

    Focus in Saxony: Germany-wide again significantly more right-wing extremist marches

    Most recently, 400 people celebrated the attack on refugees at a demonstration in Sebnitz The political gatherings organized from the right-wing scene in Germany have tripled compared to the previous year. In the first half of 2022, 35 Nazi marches…

  • Less “Silent SMS” from German police, but more secrecy for domestic intelligence

    Less “Silent SMS” from German police, but more secrecy for domestic intelligence

    The blog Netzpolitik.org graphically displays the sending of “Silent SMS” every six months. This shows the extent to which police forces and secret services use mobile phones as tracking bugs. Because of this “condensation” of information worthy of protection, the…

  • Misuse of warrants: Interpol wants to clean up

    Misuse of warrants: Interpol wants to clean up

    Despite an explicit ban, many countries use Interpol arrest warrants to pursue their opposition. The police organisation therefore wants to examine tens of thousands of alerts issued between 2014 and 2016 more closely. The main focus is on possible asylum…

  • German government wants to repair Interpol

    German government wants to repair Interpol

    Some Member States use the international police organisation to persecute their opposition. 80,000 arrest warrants are therefore being re-examined. The Interpol police organisation may not use its international arrest warrants for political persecution. Article 3 of the Statutes therefore prohibits…

  • Surveillance laboratory Südkreuz

    Surveillance laboratory Südkreuz

    Another pilot project to monitor travellers is starting at a Berlin train station. The German Federal Police is testing the use of technology at Berlin’s Südkreuz railway station to detect and intervene in conspicuous behavior. Hazardous situations are defined for…