Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: SIS II

  • Schengen Information System: Largest European police database now with Ireland

    Schengen Information System: Largest European police database now with Ireland

    Presumably because of the Corona pandemic, queries to Europe’s largest wanted persons database have dropped drastically. Irish authorities now also participate in the system, but are only allowed to process about a third of the wanted persons entered there. On Monday, Ireland joined the Schengen Information System (SIS II). This makes the Republic a participant […]

  • New freight information system: EU Commission launches pre-declaration with risk analysis

    New freight information system: EU Commission launches pre-declaration with risk analysis

    For „safety and security“ purposes, imports into the European Union must be pre-declared in future. This advance data contains information on all persons, companies and means of transport involved in the sale, transport or shipment of the goods. In two years at the latest, all persons wishing to enter the European Union will have to […]

  • Proposals for new Europol Regulation

    Proposals for new Europol Regulation

    The EU police agency is to process more „big data“ and receive personal data from private companies. Preventive cooperation with third countries will be expanded, this also concerns secret services. On 9 December last year, the EU Commission presented a proposal to extend Europol’s mandate. The police agency could therefore initiate investigations itself without waiting […]

  • Privileged third country: EU security cooperation with Great Britain after Brexit

    Privileged third country: EU security cooperation with Great Britain after Brexit

    British authorities continue to participate in many EU instruments in the area of justice and home affairs, and cooperation in some cases even goes further than with the Schengen states Norway, Iceland or Switzerland. The exit from Europol and the Schengen Information System could strengthen the secret services. With its withdrawal from the European Union, […]