Tag: Internal security
Terrorist attacks in Brussels: Several accused found guilty
Brussels Terror Trial Eight defendants in court were charged with 32 counts of terrorist murder. (Photo: dpa) Brussels In the trial of the Islamist attacks in Brussels in 2016, the…
How Christian Lindner wants to hunt down money launderers
Berlin Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) is fundamentally realigning the fight against money laundering. From January 1, 2024, Lindner wants to set up a new Federal Financial Criminal Police Office.…
How Christian Lindner wants to hunt down money launderers
Berlin Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) is fundamentally realigning the fight against money laundering. From January 1, 2024, Lindner wants to set up a new Federal Financial Criminal Police Office.…
Federal data protection officer Kelber speaks out in favor of “Quick Freeze”.
Federal Data Protection Commissioner Ulrich Kelber The Federal Data Protection Commissioner considers Quick Freeze to be the “less intrusive” variant than storing IP addresses without cause. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
Climate activists block Hamburg and Düsseldorf airports
Sticking action at Hamburg Airport According to the group Last Generation, the activists gained access to the airport site through the security fence. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt In the middle of…
Unrest in France subsides
riots in France Since the 17-year-old was killed by a police bullet during a traffic check on Tuesday, France has been shaken by massive riots, especially at night. (Photo: IMAGO/ABACAPRESS)…
Unrest in France subsides
riots in France Since the 17-year-old was killed by a police bullet during a traffic check on Tuesday, France has been shaken by massive riots, especially at night. (Photo: IMAGO/ABACAPRESS)…
Almost 1,000 arrests after renewed unrest in France
riots in France 1,350 cars burned out during renewed night-time riots in France. (Photo: dpa) Paris 1,311 people were arrested in renewed night-time riots in France. The Ministry of the…
Federal Ministry of Finance strengthens controversial anti-money laundering unit FIU
Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) Lindner wants to do more to combat money laundering in Germany and, among other things, create a Federal Financial Criminal Police Office. (Photo: IMAGO/dts…
Instructions for German security
Annalena Baerbock and Nancy Faeser (SPD) The two politicians are largely responsible for the strategy. (Photo: IMAGO/photothek) Berlin, Brussels It is an unusually high-ranking press conference that takes place on…
FDP wants to bundle fight against money laundering in a special “anti-mafia unit”.
Members of a special customs unit to combat organized crime and money laundering The Liberals see room for improvement in the fight against organized crime. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In the…
Mafia: Strike the ‘Ndrangheta
police cars One focus of the investigation is in NRW, among other places. (Photo: IMAGO/Rene Traut) Dusseldorf, Munich, Koblenz With a large-scale operation in several federal states, the police took…
Digital Minister Wissing does not want to commit to the Huawei veto
Volker Wissing The Federal Minister for Digital and Transport does not want to position himself against the Chinese technology groups Huawei and ZTE, (Photo: dpa) Berlin The Federal Digital Ministry…
Chinese police stations in Germany are still active
Berlin Despite suspicions of espionage, China continues to operate its own police stations in Germany. The Federal Ministry of the Interior now concedes this in an answer to the written…
Shots in Hamburg with several dead and injured
Several dead and injured Shots were fired in a religious facility of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Thursday evening. (Photo: Getty Images) Hamburg According to current information, eight people were fatally injured…
Shots in Hamburg with several dead and injured
Hamburg Several people were killed and a few injured when shots were fired during a Jehovah’s Witnesses event in Hamburg. According to information from the “Bild” newspaper, seven people died…
Where Germany uses surveillance technology from Chinese manufacturers
Cameras from China The data collected by the cameras could reach the Chinese government. (Photo: Getty Images, dpa, PR [M]) Berlin Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, concerns about…
Palantir defends use of controversial data analytics to fight crime
Berlin, San Francisco The US data company Palantir has defended the use of its evaluation software by German security authorities against criticism. The software enables German police authorities to “process…
Minister of Justice Buschmann fuels coalition dispute
Berlin With a comment on Twitter about a possible mandatory storage of IP addresses in the fight against crime, Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) drew the ire of the…
Italy’s tough fight against organized crime
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro’s hideout in Trapani The Italian police have arrested the head of the Sicilian Cosa Nostra. (Photo: IMAGO/Independent Photo Agency Int.) Berlin The mafia’s secrecy can…