Schlagwort: Interpol
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Connecting Europol and Interpol: EU provides more surveillance in Libya
The EU mission EUBAM, which was actually set up to support border management, is building up a counter-terrorism „analysis unit“. This includes equipping it with analytical software. The European Union wants to support the government in Libya in building up intelligence structures. A Libyan „National Counter-Terrorism Team“ (NCTT) is to set up an „analysis unit“ […]
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Plans for more data exchange: EU agreement with Interpol delayed
So far, only EU states and Europol are allowed to access databases at Interpol, but soon Frontex and the new public prosecutor’s office will be allowed to do so as well. The EU Parliament has drawn red lines for the negotiations. As an intergovernmental organisation, Interpol aims to facilitate international police cooperation in the field […]
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Amendment of SIS II Regulation: Europol to coordinate proposals for alerts from third countries
The EU police agency is to receive lists of persons from foreign authorities and then have them alerted in the Schengen area for refusal of entry, arrest or observation. This legalises a questionable procedure that has long been practised. Can the US FBI put a Tunisian national on a European database for refusal of entry, […]
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Access through Europol and databases: EU decides against control of Interpol
Authoritarian states use the international police organisation for the political persecution of opposition members. The EU Council or the Commission could coordinate the review of these misused alerts. However, the Parliament has agreed to a horse-trading deal. Next year in May, the European Commission plans to launch the new Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). […]