Police have seized 55 cars and identified car parts stolen from Germany in a joint operation between German and Polish law enforcement. Since 27 February 2018 nearly 200 police officers and technical and forensic experts have taken part in operations in western Poland to bring down one of the largest organised crime groups involved in…
Category: Security
Belgium: eight arrested in counter-terrorist operation
Several counter-terrorist police raids took place on Sunday (4/03/2018) in Molenbeek, Grammont and Mechelen as a part of an operation of ‘dossier terrorism’. The arrested are suspected in preparation of an attack. In total, eight individuals, all from Molenbeek, were taken for court hearing. They will be brought to the investigating judge during the day….
EU mobilises €25 million to defeat radicalisation in prisons
Attending the the Conference on Radicalisation in Prisons Commissioner Vera Jourová in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality put forward proposals to minimise the risk of terrorist attacks, tackling the “root of the problem” – the radical extremist political ideology, but the same time to distinguish it from Islam as religion. To help tackle #radicalisation at large @EU_Commission…
Nokia launches risk index service
Nokia is addressing rising security threats to telecom networks by launching its Security Risk Index assessment service and Managed Security Service. Together, they form a unique, holistic approach to targeting security challenges across mobile, IP and fixed networks in the digital transformation era, when new services and virtualized systems also introduce new vulnerabilities. In addition…
French prisons cells as hotel rooms?
This week announcement of the minister of justice Nicole Belloubet of telephone installations in each of the 50,000 cells in the 178 prisons in France, in a bid to slash the growing use of forbidden mobile phones and internet-connected smartphones, raises indignation among politicians. (Image: illustration) “Do you find it is normal, that when you rape, when…
#Champigny: Lynching of a policewoman in France
The scenes of filmed on smartphone lynching of a policewoman widely spread on social networks, fueled indignation of police agents, and politicians. The incident of an abhorrent violence took place on New Year’s 2018 night during a celebration in a private club in Champigny-sur-Marne, a residential area close to Paris, when two police agents arrived in a…
Putin admits “terrorist act” in Saint-Petersburg
Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the obvious: a blast of a ‘needle bomb’ in St. Petersburg on Wednesday evening in a supermarket is a “terrorist act”. The head of state ordered Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) to act within the law when detaining criminals, but in the situation of a threat to the lives of…
Injured in explosion in St.Petersburg supermarket
In the evening 50 people have been evacuated from a St.Petersburg supermarket after an explosion (18:55 local time, when the maximum of clients were shopping). 10 among them with injures delivered to hospitals, two in critical condition, according to city media. https://twitter.com/fontanka_news/status/946073221526425601 “The investigators are exploring all versions. An improvised explosive device stuffed with shrapnel…
Islamist threat to ex-Soviet Republics
The ex-Soviet Republics are threatened by militants from Central Asia and the Middle East as a springboard for expansion, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, according to RIA news agency. ФСБ рассказала о действиях исламистов после поражения в Сирии и Ираке https://t.co/t995NdEku3 pic.twitter.com/Qd30H1OtJV — РИА Новости (@rianru) December 19, 2017 The vision of the Central Asian…
NYC: Akayed Ullah bombing suspect
The suspect in the incident at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a block from Times Square, was identified as Akayed Ullah, the New York Police Department commissioner said. The suspect had burns and lacerations while three other people, including a police officer, had minor injuries. 🆘‼️😬🔥 #USA: The #Manhattan attacker (living in the US for…
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