G8 seeks Sahel anti-terrorism progress at Mali meet
By Tiemoko Diallo Tiemoko Diallo BAMAKO (Reuters) – Security experts from G8 nations met in Mali Wednesday to try to improve anti-terrorism coordination in Africa’s Sahel zone, but the absence of Algerian officials underscored the lack of unity in the region. Al Qaeda-linked fighters in the desert zone have raised their profile over the past […]
S. Korea to deploy largest force ever for G-20
South Korea will mobilize its largest security force ever in anticipation of widespread protests during the G-20 summit next month in Seoul, the Yonhap news agency said. Authorities said a total of 50,000 police and riot police will be deployed during the summit on November 11 and 12, according to Yonhap. Preparing for the country’s […]
Beyond the Frontiers
Frontex: The First Five Years Beyond the Frontiers highlights some of the more outstanding milestones and achievements of Frontex during its first five years. It is not an annual report, a study or a press release. Nor is it a comprehensive list of activities or events, or the people involved in them. It cannot be. […]
Polizeischikanen gegen Antirassisten in Belgien
Eine Woche nach Ende des Brüsseler »No Border«-Camps sitzen noch immer vier Aktivisten in Untersuchungshaft Von Matthias Monroy Die Rechtfertigung für das polizeiliche Vorgehen war eine unterstellte Schuld durch Zugehörigkeit«, schließt Marianne Maeckelbergh ihren Bericht über 14 Stunden in belgischem Polizeigewahrsam. Die Anthropologin und Autorin war am 1. Oktober zusammen mit fünf anderen Betroffenen am […]
Justizielle Dimension der Terrorismusbekämpfung – Empfehlungen für Maßnahmen
VERMERK des EU-Koordinators für die Terrorismusbekämpfung für den Rat Das Phänomen des Terrorismus weist heutzutage derart erhebliche Besonderheiten auf, dass es von der Justiz oft nur mit relativ ausgefeilten Ermittlungstechniken zu erfassen ist, wie z.B. Einsatz von verdeckten Ermittlern oder Informanten, Überwachung des Telekommunikationsverkehrs, Ermittlungen betreffend Computersysteme, Verwendung von Sendern und sonstigen Aufzeichnungsgeräten an oder […]
Mit Hochdruck gegen Ungehorsam
Matthias Monroy 78 neue Wasserwerfer für deutsche Polizeien spritzen bald mit noch höherem Druck aus drei Rohren. Hinzu kommen 52 Spähfahrzeuge mit Zoom und Richtmikrofon Die Bereitschaftspolizeien der Länder werden mit neuen Wasserwerfern ausgerüstet. Nach einer Ausschreibung von 2008 wurde ein entsprechender Auftrag an die österreichische Firma Rosenbauer vergeben. In den Genuss der neuen Distanzwaffe […]
Urteil: BKA durfte keine Daten an NATO geben
Das Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) hätte vor dem NATO- Gipfel 2009 keine Journalisten-Daten an die NATO weitergeben dürfen. Das hat das Verwaltungsgericht Wiesbaden entschieden. Einem polnischen Reporter war deshalb ohne Angaben von Gründen die Presse-Akkreditierung verweigert worden. Die Datenübermittlung sei rechtswidrig gewesen, urteilte das Verwaltungsgericht nach Mitteilung vom Dienstag (Az.: 6 K 280/10.WI). Der Kläger wollte unter […]
CIA drones could be grounded by software suit
A judge’s December ruling in an intellectual property law suit between two software firms in Massachusetts could strip the CIA’s Predator drones of their targeting software, the CEO of one of the companies says. Intelligent Integration Systems (IISi) of Boston, Mass., developer of a sophisticated mapping software that guides CIA drones, has accused its Netezza, […]
G20 sparks debate on nighttime rallies
With the Seoul G20 Summit just a month away, rival parties are once again clashing over the controversial assembly law. “Public Administration and Security Minister Maeng Hyung-kyu strongly demanded that the assembly law be revised before the G20 Summit,” said Rep. Kim Moo-sung, floor leader of the ruling Grand National Party in a meeting of […]
The Unimaginable: My Night of Violence at the Hands of the Belgian Police.
(1-2 October 2010, No Border Camp, Brussels.) Democracy in Europe is under threat of a police force that feels entitled to police thoughts and use violence, while being fully confident that it can act with impunity. Marianne Maeckelbergh, assistant professor at Leiden University went through a horrowing first hand experience. There are moments in everyone’s […]
Frontex 2nd Quarter Report
The Frontex Risk Analysis Unit has released its Report for the Second Quarter of 2010 (April-June). It is a 30+ page report containing data, charts, and graphs detailing entry routes, detections of migrants, detections of facilitators, and other information. Excerpts from the Report’s Executive Summary: (more on migrantsatsea.wordpress.com)
Bulgaria with New Ships to Guard EU Black Sea Border
Bulgaria inaugurated five new coast guard patrol vessels to guard the Black Sea border to EU as a measure to meet the requirements for accession to the Schengen Agreement. The new coast guard ships, which will be part of the Burgas Regional Border Police Directorate, were launched with a special christening ceremony Saturday in the […]
EU fürchtet Angriffe auf Informationssysteme
Matthias Monroy Parallel zum Auftauchen des „Schadprogramms“ stuxnet verkündet die Europäische Kommission „Abwehrmaßnahmen gegen Cyberangriffe“ Stuxnet wird allerorten die Weihe als Protagonist eines Paradigmenwechsels zugesprochen. Es scheint eingetreten, was von Regierungen, Geheimdiensten und ominösen „Sicherheitsberatern“ seit Jahrzehnten orakelt (Homeland Defense, virtuelle Raketenabwehr – und das schnöde Ende einer Medienhysterie) und vom Spiegel 2001 als „@-Bombe“ […]
Commission proposes new EU cybercrime law
The European Commission wants to harmonise the laws of EU member states dealing with cyber-attacks. It wants to create a new Directive on attacks on information systems, it said in a statement. The European Commission adopted a ‚framework decision‘ in 2005 that attempted to coordinate laws across Europe on hacking, viruses and denial of service […]
When the ‚Future‘ Invades Our Lives. The CIA Funds ‚Predictive Behavior‘ Start-Ups
As they walked along the busy, yellow-lit tiers of offices, Anderton said: „You’re acquainted with the theory of precrime, of course. I presume we can take that for granted.“ — Philip K. Dick, The Minority Report What do Google, the CIA and a host of so-called „predictive behavior“ start-ups have in common? They’re interested in […]
Zollfahnder belauschen Web-Telefonate
uch verschlüsselte Internettelefonate sind nicht abhörsicher: Mit richterlicher Genehmigung kann die Zollfahndung mithören. Nach SPIEGEL-Informationen spielen die Ermittler auf die Computer von Verdächtigen heimlich ein Programm zum Mitlauschen auf. Auch bei verschlüsselten Internettelefonaten kann die Zollfahndung im Verdachtsfall mithören. Das gilt unter anderem für Gespräche, die über den beliebten Anbieter Skype geführt werden. Wie das […]
Anti-rally law starts, sparks protests
With the G-20 Summit scheduled to begin in less than 41 days, the special law for security took effect yesterday and has already barred a civic activist from Japan, who was on a Ministry of Justice blacklist, from entering the country. Japanese activist Hajime Matsumoto, 36, was invited to attend a Korean civic group’s event […]
Security plans for G-20: troops and perimeters
The government yesterday unveiled a beefed-up security plan to mobilize 60,000 police and military troops and spend 27.3 billion won ($24.3 million) for next month’s G-20 Summit in Seoul. The G-20 Protection and Security Office, which controls security details for the event, said a three-layer security perimeter will be created around COEX, where the leaders […]
Parliament freezes EU Police College funds over dodgy accounts
LEIGH PHILLIPS The European Parliament has frozen the funding of the UK-based European Police College over dodgy accounting at the EU agency. Euro-deputies on Thursday refused to sign off its budget for 2008, declaring that the European Police College (Cepol), launched in 2006 to establish a network of European police officers via training courses, seminars […]
US Citizen/Global Justice Activist & Professor Arrested and Tortured by Belgian Police
Among 500 Arrested in Police Crackdown on Migrant Rights Mobilization Last Friday, during the No Border Camp, „a convergence of struggles aiming to end the system of borders that divide us All,” US citizen Dr. Marianne Maeckelbergh, professor at the University of Leiden in Holland and a long-time global justice, political prisoner solidarity, environmental, and […]