Tunisia calls for migrant crisis task force
Marzouki’s comments underlined the pressing desire of the newly established governments in countries like Libya and Tunisia for support from the European Union as well as worries in Europe about the potential spread of instability. The killing of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens in Libya and the sacking of the U.S. Embassy in Tunis last month […]
AGAINST POLICE HARASSMENT OF MIGRANTS IN CALAIS
TO SUPPORT THE INTERCULTURAL SPACE ZETKIN, CONDEMNED BY THE MUNICIPALITY TO SUPPORT THE ASSOCIATION LA BELLE ETOILE,THREATENED BY THE MUNICIPALITY MEET SATURDAY 13TH OCTOBER 2012 AT 10AM IN FRONT OF LE VESTIAIRE, RUE DE CROY, CALAIS To go together to protest in front of the town hall and the sous-préfecture After the evictions of Roma […]
“xenios zeus” pogrom continues in athens
This video was made by the police for the purpose of their propaganda. Unfortunately the police was not brave enough to show us also the sound! Easy to guess why… Yesterday, October 5, the police invaded again the centre of Athens during “Xenios Zeus” operation. 1.537 persons were temporarily arrested and transferred for further controls […]
Rise of drones in UK airspace prompts civil liberties warning
A European commission report predicts hundreds of civil uses for unmanned aircraft in the next decade Drones will be commonplace in the skies above the UK within a decade, according to a European commission document suggesting that hundreds of firms will develop new uses for them. But the claims have prompted concerns from civil liberties […]
Frontex Situational update: Migratory situation at the Greek-Turkish border
The numbers of migrants crossing the Greek-Turkish land border dropped from over 2000 a week in the first week of August to little over 200 in the second week. This is the direct effect of increased surveillance and patrolling activities by the Greek authorities, which included the deployment of an additional 1800 officers along the […]
Senate panel criticizes anti-terror data-sharing centers
The scores of ‚fusion centers‘ across the country threaten civil liberties while doing little to counter terrorism, a two-year study by a Senate subcommittee finds. By Ken Dilanian and Brian Bennett A federal domestic security effort to help state and local law enforcement catch terrorists by setting up more than 70 information-sharing centers around the […]
Metropolitan police want secret court to hear police spy cases
Move to tribunal would limit rights of women who allege undercover officers tricked them into relationships Rob Evans and Paul Lewis Three women who started the legal action say they had relationships with the undercover police officer Mark Kennedy, pictured. Photograph: Philipp Ebeling for the Guardian Police chiefs have been accused of attempting to hide […]
Police mistake in FoI response reveals undercover operation to infiltrate extremist animal rights group
A police mistake in a response to a Freedom of Information request accidentally exposed an undercover operation to infiltrate a group of animal rights extremists. The police force – which has not been named – released a report with sensitive information blacked out after a request under the Freedom of Information Act. But when the […]
Oil Espionage: Traders Spy on Oklahoma Hub With Satellites, Sensors and Infrared Cameras
ByJoe Wertz The clog — which is pushing down the price of West Texas Intermediate crude from Oklahoma, creating a gap with its international rival, Brent — is making traders rich. Information is everything, and traders are using high-tech extremes to extract data about oil storage and flow from the high-security oil hub. Photographers in […]
Megan Stammers case: police urge PM to keep EU crime co-operation
Senior officers are urging David Cameron to ignore his party’s right wing and retain a cross-border policy Senior police officers are urging David Cameron to resist pressure from Tory MPs to opt out of European police co-operation after teacher Jeremy Forrest was apprehended under an EU arrest warrant on suspicion of abducting teenager Megan Stammers. […]
US Department of Homeland Security looking for (more than) a few good drones
DHS to test unmanned aircraft for variety of applications The US Department of Homeland Security this week issued a call for unmanned systems makers to participate in a program that will ultimately determine their safety and performance for use in first responder, law enforcement and border security situations. In a twist that will certainly raise […]
Crowd-Monitoring makes the Olympics safer – Smartphone-apps support the security forces in London
A smartphone-app is being used for the exchange of information between the City of London Police and the visitors at the Olympics 2012. Using integrated Crowd-Monitoring-Technology which was implemented by scientists at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Kaiserslautern (Germany), crowds can be tracked in real-time and given relevant security information. Large […]
Management Board designates Fundamental Rights Officer
Warsaw, 27 September 2012 — At its 40th meeting today, the Frontex Management Board designated the Agency’s first Fundamental Rights Officer and adopted working methods for the Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights. The Management Board designated Ms. Inmaculada Arnaez Fernandez as the Agency’s first Fundamental Rights Officer. As mandated in the revised Frontex Regulation, the […]
Mobile cameras as new technologies of surveillance? How citizens experience the use of mobile cameras in public nightscapes
Tjerk Timan, Nelly Oudshoorn Abstract In surveillance studies the terms “sousveillance” and “inverse surveillance” describe forms of surveillance that have a bottom-up and democratic character. However, in this paper this democratic notion is questioned by looking into practices and experiences with both Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) and mobile cameras by Dutch citizens. By intervening in […]
As Refugees Flood Turkey, Asylum System Nears Breakdown
By SUSANNE GÜSTEN The two young men from the Ivory Coast have had one lucky break: A man from Senegal is letting them sleep nights on the floor of a basement he shares with 10 other Africans in the Kumkapi district under the crumbling Byzantine-era city wall, where migrants from all corners of the world […]
Germany – Border control and deportation operations to Belarus
The German magazine Junge Welt published on 30 August 2012 an article which looks at cooperation between the German police (Bundespolizei) and Belarus in border control and return of irregular migrants.[1] German cooperation is part of wider cooperation at an EU level with the former Soviet republic. Border control at EU’s eastern borders Germany has […]
BlackBerry BB10: India to be a priority market; customers‘ security to be prime focus
India will be among the first countries to get BB10 next year but RIM won’t compromise on customers‘ security says CEO Thorsten Heins Research In Motion’s (RIM’s) new CEO Thorstein Heins maintains that while the Canadian cell phone company will co-operate with Indian authorities on „lawful interception“ the company can not grant access to the […]
e-GEOS named “Earth Observation Operator of the Year”
e-GEOS has been named Earth Observation Operator of the Year 2011 by Euroconsult, the leading global research and analyst firm specializing in the satellite sector. The award was presented to Marcello Maranesi, e-GEOS’ Chief Executive Officer, at the 4th Symposium on Earth Observation, held on September 13-14 in Paris. The awards are based on a […]
Philippines: New law to deter „cyber-squatting“
Edgardo Angara on Sunday expressed belief that the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 which was recently signed by President Benigno Aquino 3rd would deter cyber crimes in the country. Angara, chairman of the Congressional Commission of Science and Technology and Engineering (Comste) said that the new law covers a wider range of Internet-driven crimes. “Existing […]
Remotely Operated Aircraft
Alon Unger maintains that in view of the growing complexity of mission operating processes, the importance of the human element in the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has increased dramatically The global demand for unmanned systems, in conjunction with the high rate of technological progress in this field, often leads to these weapon systems […]