(BS) Internal security in Germany has long since ceased to depend on parameters within the country. Wars and crises such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East, increasing migration pressure and the growing threat of Islamist terrorism are influencing factors of great importance. The German security authorities must take these key influencing factors into…
(BS) In the summer of 2006, ‘the world was a guest at a friend’s house’ and the most memorable images were of fans celebrating peacefully in the public viewing areas. This was also thanks to the numerous preventative measures taken by the various security authorities to curb hooliganism and defend against terrorism.In the run-up to…
(BS) The increasing internationalisation of cybercrime, drug and human trafficking, financial fraud and other threat scenarios can only be successfully countered by global law enforcement authorities through organisational, legal and technical cooperation at the highest level. Police chiefs, task forces, researchers and industry representatives from all over the world agreed on this when they discussed global…
“Die Welt zu Gast bei Freunden” (The world as a guest with friends) was the official slogan of the 2006 Football World Cup in Germany. And indeed, riots by fans were among the exceptions. It remained calm in the stadiums and the most memorable images were of fans celebrating peacefully in the public screening areas.…
Nobody can say for sure how high the total surveillance burden on citizens is. The planned overall surveillance bill aims to change this. In 2020, the Liberals had already proposed a motion to initiate an “overall surveillance bill instead of further restrictions on civil rights”. In the coalition agreement, the coalition government then stated that…
In his analysis of the upcoming challenges for 2024, Bavaria’s Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) described immigration as the key issue. Referring to the 60 percent increase in asylum applications in Germany compared to the previous year, he warned: “The number of arrivals has recently decreased, but that is no reason to sound the all-clear.”…