London’s Met Police uses ‘blanket tracking system’ to intercept, remotely shut down mobile phones
By Zack Whittaker Summary: London’s police service can not only track and trace your mobile phone, but remotely shut it down and intercept phone calls and text messages, it has emerged. London’s Metropolitan Police, headquartered at Scotland Yard, has been accused by privacy campaigners of violating citizens’ privacy and civil liberties, after it was discovered […]
Met police using surveillance system to monitor mobile phones
Civil liberties group raises concerns over Met police purchase of technology to track public handsets over a targeted area Britain’s largest police force is operating covert surveillance technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting a signal that allows authorities to shut off phones remotely, intercept communications and gather data about thousands of […]
Drones increase along borders
David Perera During a Oct. 28 congressional field hearing held in Detroit, a Customs and Border Protection official testified the CBP currently flies UAVs along the border between Spokane, Wash., and Minnesota, and in „a small area“ around Syracuse, New York. „We are actively working with the FAA to bridge that gap, you might say, […]
Police drone crashes into River Mersey
A drone used by police on Merseyside crashed into the River Mersey during a routine training exercise. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which was fitted with CCTV, apparently lost battery power while being flown by officers in Aigburth in February 2010. Attempts to make an emergency landing failed and it crashed into the water. (more […]
Iranian Police Seizing Dissidents Get Aid Of Western Companies
By Ben Elgin, Vernon Silver and Alan Katz The Iranian officers who knocked out Saeid Pourheydar’s four front teeth also enlightened the opposition journalist. Held in Evin Prison for weeks following his arrest early last year for protesting, he says, he learned that he was not only fighting the regime, but also companies that armed […]
Police looking to predict crimes in Palm Beach County
By Jerome Burdi South Florida police hope they’ll be catching more crooks by looking into the future and showing up to crimes before they occur. „Predictive policing“ is catching on across the nation, and some local police agencies are looking to institute it here. Software collects crime-suspect and trend data, analyzes it and compiles a […]
International Association of Chiefs of Police Hacked During 2011 Conference on October 22nd – International Day of Action Against Police Brutality (Global)
Incoming : Hackers who are fighting online in the frame of the international resistance have attacked the International Association of Chiefs of Police and released their data online to mark the International Day of Action Against Police Brutality. Communique follows… 22 October 2011 The IACP thought they could hold their 2011 annual conference in Chicago […]
Frequently Asked Questions: ‚Smart Borders‘
Why do we need ’smart borders‘? Travel flows at the external borders of the EU are increasing and are expected to increase substantially in the years ahead. Border crossings at the air borders alone are expected to increase from 400 million in 2009 to 720 million in 2030. Member States cannot address this only by […]
NATO C3 Agency announces major opportunities for industry
At a conference in Heidelberg, Germany, 19-20 October, senior officials from the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) briefed transatlantic industry leaders on upcoming business opportunities for capabilities that underpin NATO’s new strategic concept. The upcoming contract opportunities, amounting to some 1.47 billion Euro in multi-year projects to be launched over the next two […]
Spain: Detained Immigrants „Are Treated Like Criminals“
By Inés Benítez „It was very tough, like being in prison,“ says 29-year-old Algerian immigrant Sid Hamed Bouziane, in slow Spanish, about his 28-day stay at the Immigrant Detention Centre, or CIE, in the southern Spanish city of Málaga. The Málaga CIE, established in 1990 in a former military barracks in the rundown neighbourhood of […]
UNODC launches first global database of human trafficking cases
10 October 2011 – Human trafficking is a truly global phenomenon and a crime which affects nearly every part of the world, whether as a source, transit or destination country. According to UNODC, victims from at least 127 countries have been identified, and it is estimated that more than 2.4 million people are being exploited […]
West Yorkshire Police Accused Of Copyright Theft
Forensic telecoms expert claims West Yorkshire Police stole its software and sold copyright data on West Yorkshire Police goes to the High Court today, accused of copyright theft by a firm that specialises in analysing mobile phone data. Forensic Telecommunications services (FTS) claims the police force illegally used and sold copyright data from a commercial […]
Report into undercover police delayed after new allegations
Official police inspectorate cancels publication of report into police spies after Guardian investigation Rob Evans and Paul Lewis A major inquiry into the use of undercover police officers to infiltrate protest groups has been thrown into chaos after the Guardian revealed damaging allegations that police chiefs had authorised undercover police officers to give false evidence […]
Police accused of allowing undercover officers to lie in court
False evidence claim arises from papers suggesting undercover officer Jim Boyling hid identity when prosecuted over protest Rob Evans and Paul Lewis Police chiefs are facing damaging allegations that they authorised undercover officers embedded in protest groups to give false evidence in court in order to protect their undercover status. Documents seen by the Guardian […]
Undercover police and the law: the men who weren’t there
Jim Boyling was authorised to use his fake name even when under oath in court, and he wasn’t alone say other officers Paul Lewis and Rob Evans As Jim Sutton stood up in court he seemed to all the world a committed environmental campaigner. In the witness box, he affirmed under oath his name and […]
Federal Trojan’s got a „Big Brother“
Tillmann Werner About two weeks ago, the German Chaos Computer Club (CCC) has published an analysis report of a backdoor trojan that they claim had been used by German police during investigations in order to capture VoIP and IM communication on a suspect’s PC. Our friends over at F-Secure published a blog post last week […]
Undercover police agent publicly outed at conference
The truth about Bob Lambert – leaflet 911K 15th October 2011 – PRESS RELEASE Campaigners today outed the most-senior-yet police spy responsible for infiltrating environmental and social justice campaigns. Former Detective Inspector Bob Lambert MBE had just spoken at a “One Society, Many Cultures” anti-racist conference attended by 300 delegates at the Trades Union Congress […]
European Network of Law Enforcement Technology Services (ENLETS) expert meeting in Warsaw
The meeting was chaired by Polish Police experts. Representatives of 16 Member States, European Commission DG Home, Research Executive Agency (REA), as well as members of the Ministry of Interior and Administration working group for research and development in the area of security met in Warsaw on 20 September 2011. The main objective of the […]
Poland prepared to introduce border control procedures during Euro 2012
Polish Border Guard is prepared to restore border control during the Euro 2012 European Soccer Championships to be co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, local media reported on Sunday. The decision whether controls on EU’s internal borders, that is on Poland’s southern and western borders, is to be made in December, Piotr Patla of the Polish […]