Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: SIS II Council Decision

  • German proposal: Prohibited EU secret service cooperation through the back door

    German proposal: Prohibited EU secret service cooperation through the back door

    Although this violates EU treaties, the police agency Europol is to cooperate closely with secret services. This involves lists of suspicious persons originating from third countries. The individuals listed there will then be discreetly searched for throughout Europe. In fact,…

  • EU database: European domestic secret services increasingly hunt abroad

    EU database: European domestic secret services increasingly hunt abroad

    50,000 people are under secret surveillance throughout Europe by the French police, another 50,000 are to be checked during routine police operations or when crossing the EU border. In the field of secret services, this wanted list is headed by…

  • 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…