Tag: North Rhine-Westphalia
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Charges brought against “Monk of Lützerath”: French activist faces German court after police parody
The German Public Prosecutor’s Office claims to have tracked down the cowled man who made people around the world smile with his performance at a climate protest. One policeman is said to have suffered a haematoma after this. The Public…
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More German authorities introduce facial recognition, while the police photo database breaks through 5 million mark
German police forces have been using a facial recognition system at the Federal Criminal Police Office since 2008. Three other security or migration authorities are now expanding this technology with their own applications. “It is now becoming clear how well…
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Police draw up report on offences when evicting Lützerath: “Mud Wizard” allegedly also uncovered
A year ago, the village of Lützerath in the coal-mining region of North Rhine-Westphalia was evicted. Almost 600 criminal offences were recorded by the police there. Suspects were also identified using facial recognition. One year after the eviction of the…
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Bundeswehr spying from space: A Musk rocket has launched the last two SARah satellites
The German military wants to use a new radar spy system to spy through trees and camouflage nets from space. Secret service agents could also benefit from this. On Sunday, the German Armed Forces launched two more satellites from their…