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Europol corruption scandal: French Europol official arrested for alleged fraud and money-laundering
Europol HQ in the Hague was raided by a special Dutch police team on Wednesday 30 May following the arrest of a 41-year old French official who worked in its computer and data section. This Read More
Questions ask whether the death of 58 Chinese immigrants was a “controlled delivery”?
The British trial is over, the Dutch trial has just started and already it is clear that the "Dover-case" is not only about the death of 58 migrants in a truck of a human trafficker. Read More
“OPEN LETTER from civil society on the new code of access to documents of the EU institutions” (2.5.01)
"We call on the European Parliament to reject the proposed "deal" offered by the Council of the European Union on the new code of access to EU documents. We believe this proposal weakens current rights Read More
European Parliament votes in favour of “deal” with the Council on access to EU documents
The plenary session of the European Parliament on 3 May voted in favour of adopting the "deal" reached with the Council (the 15 EU governments) on a new Regulation on citizens' right of access to Read More
Postscript to the decision of the new code of access to documents in the EU – “Call for an Open Europe” to continue indefinitely
In the wake of the vote in the European Parliament to accept the "deal" offered by the Council (the 15 EU governments) the institutions put out the official line on the new code as did Read More
ECHELON COMMITTEE SUSPICIONS GROW
The Echelon committee delegation set up by the European Parliament travelled to Washington last week with the objective of allowing the US to respond to the numerous allegations made about the Echelon system. However, five Read More
G8 and ILETS discussed problems of “data retention and implications of data protection legislation” in 1999
Both the G8 countries technical group on high-tec crime and the International Law Enforcement Seminar (ILETS) raised the issue of data retention and the problems created by data protection and privacy laws in the EU Read More
S.O.S. Europe
Statewatch Observatory on Surveillance in Europe see also: Observatory in defence of freedom and democracy - new measures affecting civil liberties after 11 September -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The "war on freedom and democracy" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The “war on Read More
Three EU governments – UK, France and Belgium – press ahead with 12 months retention of telecommunications data – ditching citizens’ rights on data protection and privacy under EU law
As the Council of the European Union (representing all 15 governments) is discussing the draft "Conclusions" (see: S.O.S.Europe ) on giving law enforcement agencies access to communications data, the UK, France and Belgium already have Read More
New draft Council position on access to EU documents from the Swedish Presidency – existing code undermined
A new draft of the Council (the 15 EU governments) common position on the new code of access to EU documents is being discussed at COREPER today (4 April). COREPER is comprised of the permanent Read More