In future, specialised doctors will accompany particularly dangerous missions of the Special Operations Command (SEK) in Baden-Württemberg. So far, this is unique in Germany. Among other things, they will accompany operations against armed or particularly dangerous perpetrators as well as against members of organised crime (OC) or serious criminals. The same applies to suspected terrorists…
The programme of the state police called “Kurve kriegen” (Getting the Curve), which is already established in North Rhine-Westphalia, has now also started in Sweden. There it runs under the title “Rätt Kurva” (German: “right turn”) in the cities of Södertälje, Linköping and Göteborg. The Swedish police are thus adopting the crime prevention programme in…
North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of the Interior, Herbert Reul (CDU), together with the Inspector of the State Police, Michael Schemke, presented the new leadership strategy of the North Rhine-Westphalia Police. Within the framework of a state working group, the Ministry of the Interior, together with the police authorities and scientific support, has fundamentally revised the leadership…
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) have jointly published the report “Captagon Trafficking and the Role of Europe”. It showed that European states in particular serve as transshipment points for the drug. This is mainly done via sea container transports. The production as well…
Representatives of Austria and Iraq have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on intensified cooperation in police matters. Cooperation is to be intensified in particular in the areas of counter-terrorism, action against organised crime (OC) and actions against illegal migration. The same applies to the fight against theft, smuggling, economic and financial crimes, corruption and money…