Tag: Vienna

  • New Western Balkans hub for Europol and Frontex

    New Western Balkans hub for Europol and Frontex

    Although the EU agencies can now cooperate more closely with selected third countries, there have hardly been any formats for the political and strategic agreement of border police measures outside the Schengen area. Austria has now created facts for South…

  • The EU in Crypto War

    The EU in Crypto War

    Once again, the EU member states demand the weakening of encryption, associations and activists protest vehemently The German EU Council Presidency wants to pass a resolution to give police forces and secret services easier access to encrypted communications. Operators of…

  • Police in Austria use facial recognition for demonstrations

    Police in Austria use facial recognition for demonstrations

    The comparison of police photographs in Austria and Germany was provided by the Cognitech company from Dresden. In both countries the technology was used in investigations after political assemblies. In future, the EU wants to make facial image searches possible…

  • International investigative bureau in Vienna to combat “migrant smuggling”

    International investigative bureau in Vienna to combat “migrant smuggling”

    On 4 May 2016, the Austrian Minister of the Interior Wolfgang Sobotka opened the “Joint Operational Office against Human Smuggling Networks” (JOO) in Vienna. In a statement, the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior stated that the institution was an…