Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) wants to make the regulations in connection with deportations much stricter. For example, persons who are subject to an enforceable obligation to leave the country may be detained longer in the future. This is provided for in a discussion draft of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI). It…
INTERPOL and UNICEF have signed a cooperation agreement to better combat child sexual abuse on the Internet. The corresponding agreement was recently signed by INTERPOL Secretary General Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stock and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. The aim is to provide even better support to national governments in combating and preventing child sexual abuse.…
In Austria, the number of security-police case conferences has been increased. In addition, the number of prevention officers has more than doubled from 500 to 1,200 persons since 2020. In the first quarter of 2023, the number of entry and approach bans was 3,844. In the area of violence in the private sphere, there were…
The Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) sent 37,064 “silent text messages” in the first half of 2022. In the second six months, there were 14,886 that were technically recorded. This is revealed in the Federal Government’s answer to a minor question by the Left Party parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. According to this, the…
The Austrian police’s Entschärfungsdienst (ESD) can rely on a new blasting system. The device was recently put into operation and weighs four tonnes. Up to eight kilogrammes of TNT can be safely detonated in it. In addition, the blast suppression system enables the safe removal and storage of dangerous substances or explosives, for example in…
Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, supports EU member states and Schengen Associated Countries in the management of the EU’s external borders and the fight against cross border crime. Frontex is EU’s largest agency, with more than 1, 000 staff in the headquarters, 19 ongoing operations and more than 2,400 Standing Corps officers…
Membership in the European Union (EU) is associated with many conveniences. However, being part of the EU also means taking responsibility for securing its external borders. The undertaking of “securing the EU’s external borders” turns out to be a complex, dynamic and sometimes controversial task. The EU states are committed to a common border. Consequently,…
A joint Europol operation lead by Rumania and Bulgaria seized 1 621 weapons, 24 735 rounds of ammunition, and explosives. Investigators confiscated former signal weapons that had been modified to shoot live ammunition. As the supply of lethal weaponry is declining within European borders, criminals and criminal organizations resort to transforming alarm and signal weapons.…
In Lower Saxony, police chiefs should no longer be political officials in the future. This is the goal set by the new Minister of the Interior, Daniela Behrens (SPD). In the future, the heads of authorities are to be career civil servants. It would then no longer be possible to transfer them to temporary retirement…
In Austria, police are likely to be given more investigative options in cyber crime cases in the future. In addition, the penalties for hackers are to be increased. At least, that is the intention of a draft law that was recently submitted for review. According to the bill, hackers will be punished with up to…