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The multi-million euro gorilla NEW
Eastern approaches (The Economist) 1 Week, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
Leaked wiretaps implicate Slovakia's political elite in a bribery scandal...
La crisi fa bene a Magritte NEW
Straneuropa 1 Month, 2 Days, 4 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Restituito un quadro del maestro rubato due anni fa. Impossibile da vendere, di questi tempi...
The “carnage” on our roads. NEW
Jason O'Mahony 1 Month, 1 Week, 1 Day, 18 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
I’m posting this on New Year’s Eve. Here’s a prediction about the weekend: The AA or the Gardai will have issued a “Call” for drivers to “exercise caution” over the weekend. By Monday night, a number of youn...
A Herculanum, le combat est aujourd’hui contre la mafia NEW
L'Europe décalèe 1 Month, 1 Week, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 31 Minutes ago
Ercolano, dans le sud de l’Italie, est la première à ne plus payer l’impôt mafieux. Une liberté défendue avec acharnement par le maire et les commerçants de la ville. Le boulanger, le garagiste, le patron de la station-essence, le poissonni...
Banken halfen beim Olympus Betrug NEW
Egghat's not so micro blog 2 Months, 3 Days, 10 Hours, 15 Minutes ago
Und die Wirtschaftsprüfer pennten. Allerdings wird bei der NYT die Deutsche Bank nicht erwähnt, über deren Konto auf den Cayman Islands 410 Millionen Dollar liefen (siehe Olympus: 1,24 Mrd. Euro Verlust versteckt, - egghat’s not so micro blog...
Criminal Charges Brought in Italy Against 5 Men Accused of Murdering Passengers On Disabled Migrant Boat NEW
Migrants at Sea 2 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 20 Hours, 49 Minutes ago
Italian authorities in Agrigento have brought criminal charges, including charges of unlawful killing, against 5 men from Ghana and Nigeria who are accused of throwing fellow migrant passengers into the sea from a disabled migrant boat this past Augu...
Marea Britanie: Crima organizată din România se implică în furtul de metale NEW
Contributors 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 17 Hours, 50 Minutes ago
Poliția britanică combate ceea poate fi considerată ca o epidemie a furturilor de metale în care sunt implicate bande de crimă organizată din România. Efectele acestor furturi sunt dramatice, ducând la suspendarea unor trenuri, întreruperea...
La peine de mort : des évolutions sociétales en faveur de son abolition au Bélarus NEW
Le Taurillon 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 20 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
De nos jours, nombreux sont accoutumés à l'idée que la peine de mort soit abolie en Europe. Mais son application ailleurs montre que le combat ne s'arrête pas là. En effet, selon les abolitionnistes, il est toujours impératif d'en discuter pour...
Staatstrojaner exportiert NEW
Euro-Police 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 4 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
Kleine Anfrage der Linken enthüllt: Bundeskriminalamt treibt den Einsatz von Schadprogrammen der Firma DigiTask international voran Von Matthias Monroy Daß deutsche Polizeien und Geheimdienste seit Jahren private Rechner infiltrieren, ist seit Okto...
Staatstrojaner im Außendienst? NEW
Euro-Police 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 7 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
Auf deutsche Initiative tauscht sich eine europäische Arbeitsgruppe seit dem Jahr 2008 über Spähsoftware aus. Der Bundestag wurde darüber nicht informiert. von Martin Kaul Zur Entwicklung und Anwendung der umstrittenen Staatstrojaner stimmten sic...
Ging Utimaco-Software über Partnerfirma nach Syrien? NEW
Euro-Police 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
Die deutsche Firma Utimaco hat eingeräumt, dass ihre Software zur Telekommunikations überwachung (TKÜ) möglicherweise über eine Partnerfirma nach Syrien geliefert wurde. Die TKÜ-Software sei dort aber nie eingesetzt worden. Der Linkspartei-Abge...
Undercover policeman admits spying on Danish activists NEW
Euro-Police 2 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 8 Hours, 58 Minutes ago
Rob Evans and Paul Lewis Mark Kennedy says he infiltrated community centre, obtaining intelligence that helped police storm it and close it down The controversy over the undercover policeman Mark Kennedy has deepened after he admitted spying on and d...
Energy Giant EDF has today been found guilty of spying on Greenpeace NEW
Euro-Police 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 10 Hours, 37 Minutes ago
At 14.00 hours French Judge Isabelle Prévost-Desprez pronounced a verdict of guilty in the trial of French state owned energy giant EDF, which was accused of industrial scale espionage against Greenpeace. She sentenced EDF executive Pierre-Paul Fran...
Schmidt: Låt oss diskutera Europa NEW
Europabloggen 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 13 Hours ago
Mer Europa är svaret på många av Sveriges frågor. Det skriver EU-politiker Olle Schmidt (FP) i ett öppet brev till oppositionsledaren Håkan Juholt (S). På Europaportalen den 8 november 2011 kunde man läsa hur socialdemokraternas ordföra...
Today’s agenda: Cybercrime NEW
Cecilia Malmström 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 2 Days, 8 Hours, 32 Minutes ago
I’ve spent the day in various meetings, starting off with my fellow Commissioners.  The hot topic was growth, and of course the situation in Greece and Italy, among other issues for discussion. It seems that it will still take some time before...
Cyberbrott på dagens agenda NEW
Cecilia Malmström Mitt Europa 3 Months, 2 Minutes ago
Jag har tillbringats dagen i olika möten, först med kommissionärskollegorna där vi bla pratade om tillväxtåtgärder och naturligtvis situationen i Grekland och Italien. Det verkar dröja ytterligare innan regeringssituationen klarnar i dessa l
Pédophilie : renforcement des sanctions selon les nouvelles règles approuvées à la quasi unanimité par le Parlement européen. NEW
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 3 Months, 3 Days, 8 Hours, 44 Minutes ago
Cela a été un parcours long et difficile comme en témoignent les nombreux articles consacrés par Nea say. Finalement les différents obstacles ont été éliminés et c’est avec  541 voix pour, 2 voix contre et 31 abstentions que le Parlement...
Pédophilie : renforcement des sanctions selon les nouvelles règles approuvées à la quasi unanimité par le Parlement européen.Cela a été un parcours long et difficile comme en témoignent les nombreux articles consacrés par Nea say. Finalement les différen NEW
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 3 Months, 3 Days, 19 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
Cela a été un parcours long et difficile comme en témoignent les nombreux articles consacrés par Nea say. Finalement les différents obstacles ont été éliminés et c’est avec  541 voix pour, 2 voix contre et 31 abstentions que le Parlement...
EU vil sætte rammer for forbrydelse og straf NEW
Folkebevægelsens Fælles Blog 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 17 Hours, 40 Minutes ago
NYT FRA EU-FRONTEN: EU-kommissionen overvejer, hvordan man fra EUs side kan lave faste retningslinier for, hvad der er forbrydelse, og hvad straffen skal være. - Nyheder / Søren Søndergaard, Nyt fra EU-fronten...
Animan a secuestrar a los comisarios europeos NEW
Europa451.es 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 9 Hours, 27 Minutes ago
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Russian Criminal Case No. 144,128 - "The Putin Affair" NEW
The New Nostradamus of the North 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 15 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
"while serving as the Chairman of the City’s Committee on Foreign Economic Relations he routinely took bribes. And I’ve spoken to many people myself who were a party to such transactions with him. You couldn’t establish a joint venture in the C...
Et maintenant ... l'espionnage des ordinateurs ! (Mediapart) NEW
Regards citoyens 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 21 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Une circulaire publiée le 31 août 2011 précise les conditions dans lesquelles les enquêteurs pourront désormais, grâce à des logiciels espions,  enregistrer les données d'un ordinateur, à l'insu de son utilisateur. Des mouchards&nbs...
Digitale und analoge Polizeiarbeit abschalten! NEW
Euro-Police 4 Months, 4 Weeks, 8 Hours, 45 Minutes ago
Redebeitrag von Out of Control Berlin auf der Demonstration “Freiheit statt Angst“ (Linksradikaler Block) am 10.9.2011 Information gilt als „Schlüssel“ zur Kriminalitätsbekämpfung. Damit wachsen die Begehrlichkeiten von Polizei, Geheimdien...
Extracting fraud investigation documents from the OLAF, Tillack, 943/2007/PB NEW
Eurolitigation 5 Months, 1 Hour, 32 Minutes ago
Fraud is an old problem of the EU. After the memorandum of whistleblower Paul van Buitenen dated 07/03/2002, and inaction of the OLAF (Office of Anti-Fraud Fight), journalist Hans-Martin Tillack published 2 articles on the subject in Stern. The OLAF...
Combating sexual abuse of children NEW
Cecilia Malmström 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Minutes ago
2011-05-20 In Sweden 23 women and one man have been charged today on involvement in a children pornography case. This is a major case in Sweden and due to the fact that there are so many women special attention is given to this case. The proposal I...
Nadine Dorries says child sex abuse victims should “just say no” NEW
Political Scrapbook 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 14 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
All is not well on Planet Dorries. Two weeks after the Mid Bedfordshire MP introduced a sexist private member’s bill which would teach only girls the virtue of sexual abstinence and “how to say no”, Nadine has helped to advance the...
Convention du Conseil de l’Europe sur la prévention et la lutte contre la violence à l’égard des femmes ratifiée. NEW
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 7 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
 La nouvelle Convention du Conseil de l’Europe sur la prévention et la lutte contre la violence à l’égard des femmes et la violence domestique (STCE n° 210) a été ouverte à la signature à l’occasion de la 121e session du Comit
Swedish Neurotica NEW
Henrik-Alexandersson.se 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 18 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
Så var det det där med att riksdagen höjde straffet för sexköp, nu i veckan som gick. Det är bara att hålla med Jan Söderqvist i Magasinet Neo..."Två samtyckande vuxna har sex med varandra av skäl som Sveriges riksdag inte godkänner, och h...
Cybercrime in Europe and the European Union: A personal affair? NEW
Ideas on Europe 1 Year, 12 Hours, 1 Minute ago
Update: See also the follow-up to this post "Cybercrime in Europe and the European Union: No personal affair!" "[T]he author of this paper is reasonably confident that by banning a certain kind of criminal activity throughout a large number of co...
Auken truer ferieparadis med bøder for skraldemafia NEW
EU ZOO 1 Year, 1 Month, 4 Days, 23 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
Man kan næsten høre på regionens navn, at det er et italiensk ferieparadis: Cam-pa-nien. Regionen går da også for at have Italiens smukkeste badestrande langs den berømte Amalfikyst, for slet ikke at tale om vidunderbyen Pompeii og det arkæolo...
EU issues warning over ICC Kenya process NEW
CTA Brussels Weblog 1 Year, 1 Month, 5 Days, 20 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
The European Union has warned Kenya leaders against politicising the International Criminal Court process.The 13 EU envoys, at the same time, revealed that investors in their countries were keenly watching how the country will respond to ICC Prosecut...
Sanaderisation in Montenegro NEW
Eastern approaches (The Economist) 1 Year, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 17 Hours, 35 Minutes ago
Three days after the PM steps down, a wave of arrests of senior politicians in Montenegro...
Anti-trafficking-arbetet fortsätter NEW
Cecilia Malmström Mitt Europa 1 Year, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 20 Hours, 51 Minutes ago
Det börjar dra ihop sig till julledighet och idag har vi haft årets sista kommissionssammanträde. De flesta börjar packa ihop och själv går jag på jullov imorgon. Om jag kommer iväg vill säga, det har varit stora problem med flyget här i Br...
Why Wikileaks didn’t surprise me much NEW
Writing for (y)EU 1 Year, 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 12 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
This tide of cables revealed by newspapers in the last two weeks, didn't really impress me. The reason is not that, as many people said, there was nothing new, nothing shocking or nothing interesting. The reason is that it happened at the same time I...
EU-money to the mafia, the tobacco industry and multinationals? NEW
Watchdog (Brigitte Alfter) 1 Year, 2 Months, 6 Days, 17 Hours, 26 Minutes ago
Journalists have dug out the beneficiaries of EU-farmsubsidies for citizens to see them at Farmsubsidy.org. Now a new team of journalists has dug out the recipients of the other large lump on the EU-budget: The regional funding. In a unique cooperati...
Fighting cyber crime NEW
Ideas on Europe 1 Year, 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 16 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
By Claudia Hillebrand One of the topics discussed earlier this week at the JHA Council were EU-wide measures to fight cyber crime. The European Commission presented a legislative proposal to the Council with the aim of revamping the EU’s anti-cyber...
Le mutilazioni genitali femminili: una battaglia da vincere NEW
Gli Euros 1 Year, 2 Months, 4 Weeks, 19 Hours, 40 Minutes ago
Il tema delle MGF ha rilevanza internazionale e, sempre più, complice l'immigrazione, anche europea. L'Italia si è posta in sede NU è all'avanguardia nella lotta a questa tremenda pratica, ancora assai diffusa in molti paesi africani. - 1. Artico...
We need an EU Attorney General and a EBI rather than the Europol NEW
Rebuilding Babel 1 Year, 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days, 11 Hours, 14 Minutes ago
The title of this post is fairly self-explanatory. By "EBI" I mean a European Bureau of Investigation, à la FBI. The EBI should investigate and the EU Attorney should investigate. He should be appointed by the European Commission upon confirmation b...
The Body Shop campaigns against Trafficking NEW
The Honeyball Buzz 1 Year, 3 Months, 4 Weeks, 8 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
As I got off the Eurostar on Thursday I popped into The Body Shop as I sometimes do since shopping isn’t always easy in my line of work. I  was instantly and happily struck by their latest campaign, a global effort to stop sex trafficking...
Mafia ed Europa NEW
Le Taurillon 1 Year, 4 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 14 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
L'Europa è, tra tutte le aree del pianeta, quella in cui gli effetti della globalizzazione e l'apertura dei propri mercati per via della creazione di un mercato e di una moneta unici senza protezione penale ha favorito la penetrazione di mafie da tu...
Coppers reported to be combing area NEW
England Expects 1 Year, 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 12 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Sorry, but this headline is too good to waste.
Giancarlo Siani, giornalista Napoli, 19 settembre 1959 – Napoli, 23 settembre 1985 NEW
Nouvelles Bruxelles 1 Year, 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 14 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Giovedì 23 settembre è da ricordare Giancarlo Siani, giornalista coraggioso ucciso dalla camorra a 26 anni. Quella sera doveva andare al concerto di Vasco Rossi, ma non aveva trovato i biglietti. Lavorava in nero senza contratto e scriveva dei lega...
Barroso-Looking Man Fools Finn NEW
Real Time Brussels - WSJ 1 Year, 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 13 Hours, 57 Minutes ago
Why are police searching for someone resembling Mr. Barroso?
(In)Famous at last ... NEW
Berlaymonster 1 Year, 4 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 17 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Finnish police are trying to track down a small-time conman said to resemble EU commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.BM's Finnish is sadly wanting, but the fraud in question appears to involve the exchange of money in return for clothing purporte...
An alle potenziellen Gefährder und ihre Kontaktpersonen: Aufruf zur Onlinedurchsuchung beim Bundeskriminalamt NEW
Euro-Police 1 Year, 5 Months, 3 Days, 21 Hours, 48 Minutes ago
Rund um die „Freiheit statt Angst“-Demonstration am 11. September 2010 laden wir dazu ein, Analyse, Protest und Widerstand gegen die Zunahme von Überwachung und Kontrolle auch auf den virtuellen Raum auszudehnen. Am Donnerstag den 9. September w...
Verfassungsschutz und BKA sollen verstärkt Mitarbeiter austauschen NEW
Euro-Police 1 Year, 5 Months, 3 Days, 22 Hours, 4 Minutes ago
Das Bundeskriminalamt und der Bundesverfassungsschutz sollen künftig enger zusammenarbeiten. Nach dem Willen von Innenminister de Maizière sollen zunächst Führungskräfte beider Behörden rotieren. Der Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter reagiert R...
Initiative de parlementaires européens pour lutter contre les violences faites aux femmes NEW
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 1 Year, 5 Months, 1 Week, 2 Days, 8 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
Cinq parlementaires européens vont présenter lors de la prochaine session du parlement européen, (6-9 septembre) une initiative pour lutter contre les violences faites aux femmes. Ils estiment que l’Europe ne va pas assez loin sur le sujet. Il s...
OLAF Activity Report 2010: the Usual Suspect NEW
European Union Law 1 Year, 6 Months, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 2 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
We now have the 2009 report of the European anti-fraud office, OLAF. The report outlines a number of case studies – misuse of Parliamentary expenses by an ex-MEP, embezzlement by the director of an NGO, widespread corruption and fraud in the ma...
ACTA negotiators inform the Parliament in secret NEW
Christian Engström, Pirate MEP 1 Year, 6 Months, 4 Weeks, 17 Hours, 49 Minutes ago
The ACTA negotiators from the Commission came to the European Parliament today, to inform the Parliament about what happened in the last round of negotiations in Luzern. However, the meeting where the information was to be given was declared ”i...
22 EU parliamentarians withdraw signatures from controversial declaration - update NEW
Julien Frisch 1 Year, 8 Months, 19 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
Update (17 June): It seems like the declaration has been adopted. Here it is, on the list of adopted declarations. What a disgrace! According to Europaportalen.se, MEPs have started to withdraw their signatures from a controversial EP declaration.
UN prosecutor still critical of Serbia and Croatia NEW
EuroDialogueXXI 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Day, 16 Hours, 11 Minutes ago
A highly anticipated report by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Serge Brammertz, on Serbia's and Croatia's cooperation with the court appears less positive than both countries were expec...
Diana observes the Karadzic trial at The Hague NEW
Diana Wallis 1 Year, 8 Months, 2 Days, 4 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
Diana visits The Hague and observes the Karadzic trial at first hand. Here are her remarks:...
Åtal för frivilligt sex NEW
Henrik-Alexandersson.se 1 Year, 8 Months, 6 Days, 4 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
En 38-årig man och en tonårsflicka hade, under två dygn, frivilligt S&M-sex. I efterhand ångrade sig flickan. Nu står mannen åtalad för grov misshandel.Åklagare Ulrika Rogland säger att man inte kan samtycka till grov misshandel. Skall v...
GroenLinks: Automatische toekenning verblijfsvergunning aan slachtoffers mensenhandel NEW
GroenLinks Europa 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 30 Minutes ago
De ministers van Justitie en Binnenlandse Zaken van de Europese Unie komen vrijdag 4 juni bijeen. Eén van de onderwerpen op de agenda is de bespreking van een voorstel voor een richtlijn voor de bestrijding van mensenhandel. Dit voorstel werd een aa...
Violences contre les femmes : le Parlement européen veut étendre la protection au niveau européen NEW
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 21 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
   Certains Etats seulement souhaitent qu’un système européen de protection des femmes victimes de violences conjugales soit mis en place. Des difficultés techniques majeures, juridiques mais aussi dans les mentalités, devront cependant
Good news from the Engin Çeber case! NEW
Erkan's field diary 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 4 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
Engin Ceber – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Çeber Case: Life Sentences for 3 Prison Guards and Head of Prison from Bianet :: English Three prison guards and the vice director of Metris Prison were convicted of “causing death by...
Ziua Copilului NEW
Corina Cretu 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 2 Days, 2 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
La Multi Ani, tuturor copiilor si tuturor celor care se simt copii! VirtualKid m-a emotionat si m-a intristat prin postarea sa de Ziua Copilului, gandurile lui fiind reunite sub titlul unui cantec sensibil, un titlu care este, in sine, un semnal de a...
Robin Hood robbery at European Parliament NEW
the Brussel Jungle 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 7 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
Twitter is buzzing with tweets signalling that a robbery took place in the cafeteria of the European Parliament, after MEP Alexender Alvaro sent out a short message stating “Another robbery at the European Parliament – how is it possible...
Payer sans provision avec sa carte bancaire n’est pas une escroquerie NEW
Diner’s room 1 Year, 8 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 21 Minutes ago
Dans ce monde où la corruption des valeurs morales étend chaque jour davantage son empire, on trouve quantité de Shylock et peu de Robin de Loxley. Mademoisellep, dont le juvénile enthousiasme ne le rend qu’à la curiosité féminine — sa...
Mathematical Recreations Open Thread NEW
European Tribune 1 Year, 8 Months, 2 Weeks, 23 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
Obituary: Martin Gardner dies at 95; prolific mathematics columnist for Scientific American - latimes.comMartin Gardner,...
EU Copper Heist freezes Brussels institutions NEW
the Brussel Jungle 1 Year, 8 Months, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 8 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
The Pentecost weekend was filled with copper thefts, ranging from unsuccessful attempts to Guinness Book of Records achievements. The first, but unsuccessful, attempt happened during the night of Friday to Saturday on the Belgian railway line 140 ‘...
L'UE soutient la réforme de la Cour pénale internationale NEW
Regards citoyens 1 Year, 8 Months, 2 Weeks, 1 Day, 14 Hours, 43 Minutes ago
A quelques jours de l'ouverture à Kampala, de la première Conférence de révision du Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationale (le 31 mai), l'Union européenne doit adopter, lors du conseil des Ministres du mardi 25 mai (Compétitivité...
Karlsruhe nimmt Entparlamentarisierung durch EU pragmatisch NEW
Verfassungsblog 1 Year, 8 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 22 Hours, 23 Minutes ago
Der Zweite Senat betont immer wieder mal gerne, dass die europäische Einigung nicht zur Entparlamentarisierung in Deutschland führen darf. Jetzt hatte der Senat, genauer die aus den drei Erz-EU-Skeptikern Di Fabio, Broß und Landau bestehende 2. Ka...
La Grèce invente le pilori fiscal NEW
Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération) 1 Year, 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days, 19 Hours, 36 Minutes ago
Jeudi, le ministère des finances grec a publié les noms de 57 médecins de Kolonaki, le quartier chic d’Athènes, ayant fraudé le fisc. Une première, le gouvernement ayant manifestement décidé de frapper les esprits afin de montrer que les te...
Keeping the Resources to Fight Trafficking NEW
The Honeyball Buzz 1 Year, 8 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 21 Hours, 35 Minutes ago
When I launched my successful campaign to retain specialist staff at the Metropolitan Police tackling trafficking of women in October 2009, I was a little surprised at the number of people who questioned the amount of trafficked women there are in L...
Some disturbing stories from foreign press about Montenegrin criminal ties NEW
European Union and Montenegro 1 Year, 9 Months, 2 Days, 10 Hours, 22 Minutes ago
The unsatisfactory security situation in Montenegro and the inefficiency of state and its institutions in the fight against organised crime were once again pointed out by many foreign media.   Magazine Economist wrote about „Balkan imbroglio“ an...
Grèce, corruption à tous les étages NEW
Coulisses de Bruxelles (Libération) 1 Year, 9 Months, 3 Days, 18 Hours, 13 Minutes ago
Georges Papaconstantinou, ministre des Finances grec s’interrogeait depuis longtemps sur l’insolente prospérité du très chic et très cher quartier de Kolonaki. Un havre situé sur le flanc du mont Lycabette, en plein centre d’Athènes ; là...
Italia se enfrenta a nuevos escándalos de corrupción NEW
Eurity 1 Year, 9 Months, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
Italia se ve sacudida de nuevo por la corrupción y el conflicto de intereses. Tras la dimisión de Claudio Scajola, titular del Ministerio de Industria, por haber comprado una casa en Roma con dinero procedente de un soborno, Silvio Berlusconi, con...
La muerte incendia Grecia NEW
Eurity 1 Year, 9 Months, 5 Days, 16 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
Se mascaba la tragedia. La tercera huelga general en Atenas contra los recortes del gobierno Papandreou se ha cobrado tres muertos. La crisis griega se agrava con estas muertes durante las masivas manifestaciones celebradas en Atenas durante la huelg...
Corruption : elle ne faiblit pas aux yeux des Européens. Bilan peu flatteur mais disparate. Combien de temps va durer ce laissez-faire indulgent (« Begnin Neglect » ? NEW
Mieux connaître vos droits en Europe 1 Year, 9 Months, 5 Days, 22 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
  Une fois de plus Nea Say et Eulogos parlent de corruption, il ne le fera jamais assez. L’actualité l’y pousse aussi et la lutte contre la corruption  reste un défi majeur pour les 27 Etats membres de l’UE comme le révèlent les études d...
Massive crack-down on Argentinean sheep NEW
the Brussel Jungle 1 Year, 9 Months, 1 Week, 42 Minutes ago
On 13 April, the Argentinean police announced the capture of two convicts who escaped from jail by disguising themselves as sheep (as reported by the Telegraph). The two convicts were able to hide from the 300 policemen searching for them for more th...
EU criminal justice: European evidence warrant and beyond NEW
Grahnlaw 1 Year, 9 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 20 Hours, 3 Minutes ago
One of the main aims of the European Union is to offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice (FSJ) without internal frontiers. With the Lisbon Treaty in force since 1 December 2009, the provisions on judicial cooperation in criminal...
European arrest warrant: EU & UK NEW
Grahnlaw 1 Year, 9 Months, 1 Week, 3 Days, 19 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
In the report Justice issues in Europe, the UK House of Commons Justice Committee discusses matters relevant to the development of the European Union’s area of freedom, security and justice (FSJ). This timely report is interesting both generally an...
Let’s Arrest the Pope NEW
Shiraz Socialst 1 Year, 9 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days, 15 Hours, 21 Minutes ago
I’ve written before about the antiwar faction’s talismanic reverence for the concept of legality, and it’s this that trips up Liam MacUaid’s argument against arresting the Pope when he makes his publicly funded visit to the...
85.6% of Japanese Public Supports Capital Punishment…Really? NEW
Ideas on Europe 1 Year, 10 Months, 2 Weeks, 5 Days, 22 Hours, 42 Minutes ago
I have been assessing the extent to which the EU can try and urge Japan to change its accepted norms on human rights regarding capital punishment, and came across this article the other day: Japan Today (2010) “Record High 85.6% in Favor of Death P...
"like, whatever:" today's standards, as Serious People see them NEW
European Tribune 1 Year, 10 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Hours, 33 Minutes ago
Pope Offers Apology, Not Penalty, for Sex Abuse Scandal Nowhere in the letter did Benedict...
BAE Systems awarded EU contract to develop organised crime database NEW
Euro-Police 1 Year, 11 Months, 1 Week, 1 Day, 19 Hours, 8 Minutes ago
Fresh from agreeing a  Transatlantic government pay-off to end bribery and corruption investigations , it has emerged that  BAE systems has been awarded a €2.3 million ...
ACTA in Europarl INTA committee NEW
Rebentisch Sköne Oke 1 Year, 11 Months, 1 Week, 6 Days, 10 Hours, 10 Minutes ago
A now very self-confident Trade Committee INTA of the European Parliament cratered the European top ACTA negotiator Luc Devigne from the Commission DG Trade (Wed 24 Feb 2010). Devigne took the interesting legal position that only their “EU nego...
On the Benchmarks for Reform and Bulgarian Organized Crime NEW
European Union Law 1 Year, 11 Months, 3 Weeks, 6 Days, 19 Hours, 38 Minutes ago
There is an ongoing crackdown on organized crime in Bulgaria. This should be good news. But the prosecution will have to prove allegations in court. The benchmark is judgments with res judicata. There’s also the Bulgarian Supreme Judicial Counc...
Zionism, anti-semitism, ex-public schoolboys and the left NEW
Shiraz Socialst 1 Year, 11 Months, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 16 Hours, 25 Minutes ago
Anti-semitic attacks in Britain in 2009 reached their highest level since they were first recorded in 1984.  Reported and verified attacks (physical, verbal abuse, bullying of schoolchildren, desecration of graves, etc) on Jewish people, properti...
Streit über Ausweitung der Rasterfahndung mit Fluggastdaten NEW
Netzpolitik 2 Years, 2 Weeks, 3 Days, 7 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
Nach dem vereitelten Anschlag von Detroit wollen die EU-Innenminister die Gunst der Stunde nutzen, um die Sammlung und Weitergabe von Fluggastdaten zur Rasterfahndung massiv auszuweiten. “Wenn man das machen will, dann jetzt”, sagt Thomas...
EU: Criminal enforcement of IPR? Resurrection of IPRED2? NEW
Grahnlaw 2 Years, 3 Weeks, 5 Days, 14 Hours, 7 Minutes ago
In the blog post EU IPR enforcement discussion (12 January 2010) we mentioned the conference arranged by the Swedish presidency of the Council of the European Union: Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, with a Special Focus on Trademarks and...
New fingerprinting technique could crack cold cases NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 4 Days, 19 Hours, 39 Minutes ago
By Melissa Gray It was early one Sunday morning when the killer rang at a front door that was decorated with a wreath for Christmas. When his victim answered, he fired four fatal ...
Europol – Sammelwut ohne Kontrolle NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 1 Week, 16 Hours, 20 Minutes ago
Seit Jahresbeginn haben die Aufgaben der Polizeibehörde erneut zugenommen [neues-deutschland.de] Verbrechensbekämpfung sollte angeblich ihre Mission werden – ...
Europol in der dritten Generation NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 1 Week, 3 Days, 23 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Matthias Monroy Ab 1. Januar wird die Polizeibehörde zur EU-Agentur. Ihre Kompetenzen erweitern sich erneut erheblich [heise.de] Mit Beginn des Jahres 2010 wird ...
Gleams of Light: Europe behind bars NEW
Le Taurillon 2 Years, 1 Month, 1 Week, 4 Days, 2 Hours, 52 Minutes ago
The ideals of peace and equal human rights cross the raw reality of detention: the hopeful story of a young Albanian detainee imprisoned in Padova, in “Due Palazzi”. Behind bars, Europe becomes a dream of value preserved expectancy and at the sam...
Gleams of Light: Europe behind bars NEW
Le Taurillon 2 Years, 1 Month, 1 Week, 4 Days, 7 Hours, 23 Minutes ago
The ideals of peace and equal human rights cross the raw reality of detention: the hopeful story of a young Albanian detainee imprisoned in Padova, in “Due Palazzi”. Behind bars, Europe becomes a dream of value preserved expectancy and at the sam...
Europol And Interpol Agree To Enhance Cooperation For The Benefit Of Their Member States NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 18 Hours, 56 Minutes ago
The Secretary General of INTERPOL, Ronald K. Noble, visited Europol today to discuss the enhanced cooperation between the two organisations. [voxy.co.nz] The meeting focused on the ...
Daytona: Police delve into data to get handle on crime NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 21 Hours, 17 Minutes ago
By LYDA LONGA HOLLY HILL -- By studying the past, police are predicting the future and putting a dent in crime. [news-journalonline.com]Since September, ...
Plod to retain personal data from DNA innocents NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 23 Hours, 24 Minutes ago
Police will continue to retain the personal details of everyone they arrest, despite a human rights ruling meaning the DNA profiles they are linked to must be deleted. ...
Euro 'Diktats’ risk terrorist response across Southern Europe NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 4 Days, 23 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
It is becoming dangerous to associate with economic and ideological power in Southern Europe, or what Europol calls the "Mediterranean triangle" of anarchist violence. ...
Framework Decision on Settlement of Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Criminal Proceedings NEW
European Union Law 2 Years, 1 Month, 3 Weeks, 3 Days, 4 Hours, 2 Minutes ago
The Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA on prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings has been published in the Official Journal. It establishes a procedure for establishing contact between the competent au...
EUX.TV on 5 billion Euro CO2 emissions trading fraud NEW
Julien Frisch 2 Years, 1 Month, 4 Weeks, 20 Hours, 59 Minutes ago
Raymond Frenken who first made me aware of the massive CO2 emissions trading fraud has produced an EUX.TV video on the matter:...
Tackling violence against women NEW
The Honeyball Buzz 2 Years, 1 Month, 4 Weeks, 21 Hours, 30 Minutes ago
Domestic violence is at last moving up up the agenda of the EU.  As the Swedes come to the end of their presidency of the European Council and the Spanish take over, violence against women looks set to be given a higher priority.  It is an area...
Jobs, crime and climate at European Council NEW
EU Minister's Blog 2 Years, 1 Month, 4 Weeks, 1 Day, 22 Hours, 12 Minutes ago
All 27 Heads of State and Government will gather tonight and tomorrow in Brussels for the European Council. Discussions on how to create conditions for new jobs in Europe will on top of the agenda. A new ”EU2020 strategy” is planned to follow on...
Europol: 5 Billion Euro fraud in EU CO2 emissions trading NEW
Julien Frisch 2 Years, 1 Month, 4 Weeks, 2 Days, 2 Hours ago
Via Raymond Frenken I was made aware of a Europol press release that reports about fraud in the EU CO2 emissions trading, including a graphic that explains how this worked. But the sum is incredible: 5 billion Euros lost for the European taxpayer!!"...
ESRI (UK) Launches New Version of CrimeAnalyst NEW
Euro-Police 2 Years, 2 Months, 7 Hours, 19 Minutes ago
ESRI (UK) today launches the latest version of CrimeAnalyst, a complete Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis software package for policing and crime prevention. Developed with ...