Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Immediate reporting

  • Again strong increase for secret searches in Europe’s largest police database

    Again strong increase for secret searches in Europe’s largest police database

    The Schengen Information System allows alerts to be issued for “discreet checks”; the persons concerned should not be informed of this if possible. The number of these Article 36 searches has been increasing significantly for years. French and British police…

  • Schengen searches to be extended

    Schengen searches to be extended

    Persons listed in the Schengen Information System may, inter alia, be observed or searched by the police. The numbers of these Article 36 alerts are increasing rapidly and are now being explained for the first time in detail. A new…