Tag: Undercover Investigations
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“Electronic Evidence”: No simplification for digital investigations yet
No less than three international organisations are working on different agreements to ease access to servers abroad for police and judiciary. In the Council of Europe, the EU Commission might pre-empt the United Nations. Problems arise with demands from the USA. 65 states have ratified the Additional Protocol to the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, […]
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SPECTRE Project: EU finances technology for undercover investigations
Police forces from 34 countries have been investigating criminal networks in South Eastern Europe since 2017, money comes from the Internal Security Fund of the European Union. In addition to all kinds of espionage and wiretapping technology, they also pay informers. For undercover investigations, European police forces use miniaturized surveillance technology, but usually remain extremely […]
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Chile: Spy like in Germany
German police officers are advising the police in Santiago on setting up a department for undercover investigations. Further support is provided to improve the public presentation of police measures German criminal investigation offices are helping the police in Chile to set up a unit for undercover investigations. One of the partners providing expertise was the […]