By Vernon Silver
The European Union barred exports of surveillance technology to Syria following reports the regime was procuring and using such gear.
“Exports of equipment and software intended for use in the monitoring of internet and telephone communications by the Syrian regime,” are banned, the 27-nation bloc said today in a statement that included other restrictive measures.
Bloomberg News reported Nov. 4 that an Italian company, Area SpA, was building a surveillance system that would have given Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime the power to intercept, scan and catalog virtually every e-mail that flows through the country. (more on bloomberg.com)
