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Apostolis Fotiadis

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Frida Thurm @fridathurm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
💥 Unsere Recherche zur Schatten-IT von #Europol war heute Thema im Europaparlament! Der Europäische Datenschutzbeauftragte hat angekündigt, dem nachzugehen. correctiv.org/aktuelles/da... @stavinoha.bsky.social @balkanizator.bsky.social @lydiaemman.bsky.social @giacomoza.bsky.social
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Nach CORRECTIV-Recherche: Europäischer Datenschutzbeauftragter will Europols Schatten-IT untersuchen
Im Innenausschuss des Europaparlaments haben Abgeordnete Aufklärung über Europols unregulierte Datenanalyse gefordert.
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
For the first time, former high-ranking insiders have blown the whistle on Europol's 'shadow IT' system that, for years, operated w/ basic security and privacy safeguards required under EU law. Our investigation tells the story of how Europol appears to have gone rogue: correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
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“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.
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William Goodwin @billgoodwin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New - Europol: ‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425... Investigation by @computerweekly.bsky.social @correctiv.org @wearesolomon.bsky.social
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‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated ...
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 05/05/2026
“Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated without key legal and technical safeguards.” www.computerweekly.com/news/3666425...
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‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system | Computer Weekly
Under pressure to deliver in the fight against serious cross-border crime, Europol built and operated a shadow data analysis platform containing large volumes of sensitive information, which operated ...
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CORRECTIV @correctiv.org · 05/05/2026
#Europol hat im Kampf gegen #Kriminalität offenbar selbst Grenzen überschritten: mit geheimen Datenanalyseplattformen, die Unschuldige in Gefahr brachten. Das zeigen interne Dokumente, die CORRECTIV, der griechischen Investigativredaktion Solomon und Computer Weekly vorliegen.
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"Sie schützen das Gesetz – und brechen es": Europols Schatten-IT aufgedeckt
Europol hat geheime Analyseplattformen für große Mengen sensibler Daten betrieben. Teile dieser „Schatten-IT“ sind wohl bis heute in Gebrauch.
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Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
BREAKING! #Europol aurait utilisé bases de données secrètes pr analyser massivement données sensibles (téléphonie, ID, banque, géoloc) yc sur non-suspects. Sans garanties de sécurité ni de respect des droits fdtx. Je demande explications à Commission UE et Europol! correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
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“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.
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Giacomo Zandonini @giacomoza.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Shall we care about Europol? The answer is... Read our latest investigation to catch a glimpse about what the agency is doing to accelerate the AI transformation of policing across the EU, with minimal safeguards. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...
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Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
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Yiorgos Vassalos @yiorgosvassalos.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Στις 22 και 29 Νοέμβρη θα κάνω δύο διαλέξεις εξ αποστάσεως στα πλαίσια των μεθοδολογικών εργαστηρίων του Εθνικού και Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών για το ρόλο του λόμπινγκ στην πολιτική ζωή της ΕΕ. Περισσότερες λεπτομέρειες www.facebook.com/YiorgosVassa...
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social
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Hungry for data: Inside Europol’s secretive AI programme | Computer Weekly
The EU’s law enforcement agency has been quietly amassing data to feed an ambitious but secretive artificial intelligence development programme that could have far-reaching privacy implications for pe...
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Since 2022, there have been repeated efforts to mandate the scanning of private communications in the EU. Denmark is trying again, bringing another version of the proposal for a vote in the Council of the EU on October 14th. Will this really make Europeans safer? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The EU wants to scan every message sent in Europe. Will that really make us safer? | Apostolis Fotiadis
Lawmakers argue that mass surveillance will help to protect children. But the implications for our privacy and security are staggering, says journalist Apostolis Fotiadis
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Frontex doesn't like to hear its 'voluntary' interviews of people arriving at Europe's shores being described as covert 'interrogations'. Why? Because it has no legal mandate to interrogate and criminalise migrants. Yet, that is precisely what's happening in Spain. elpais.com/espana/2025-...
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Enfrentamiento entre España y Frontex: dudas sobre el uso de los datos que se obtienen de los migrantes
Documentos internos a los que ha tenido acceso EL PAÍS revelan tensiones entre la agencia de la UE y las autoridades españolas por las entrevistas a los recién llegados
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 08/08/2025
A probe into a massive fraud in Greece involving hundreds of millions of EU cash is widening. It now includes a former official from the ruling New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
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Probe into EU farm funds fraud in Greece widens
Authorities conducted a raid on Wednesday seeking information on a former official from the ruling New Democracy party.
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
This comes on the back of our latest investigation with @lolahierro.bsky.social and @balkanizator.bsky.social, revealing Europol's apparent refusal to delete/restrict using data of more than 11,000 people Frontex had unlawfully shared since 2016. english.elpais.com/internationa...
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For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol
An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert inte...
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Andre Meister @andre.netzpolitik.org · 30/07/2025
Dänemark schlägt wieder eine weitreichende verpflichtende Chatkontrolle vor. Der Juristische Dienst des Rats bezeichnet auch diesen Vorschlag als rechtswidrig. Ob das Gesetz noch kommt, könnte von Deutschland und Frankreich abhängen. Wir veröffentlichen das Protokoll. netzpolitik.org/2025/interne...
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Internes Protokoll: EU-Juristen kritisieren dänischen Vorschlag zur Chatkontrolle
Dänemark schlägt wieder eine weitreichende verpflichtende Chatkontrolle vor. Der Juristische Dienst des Rats bezeichnet auch diesen Vorschlag als rechtswidrig. Ob das Gesetz noch kommt, könnte von Deu...
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
More evidence of Europol's apparent disregard for legal norms and boundaries - this time from Lesvos, where its officers appear to be behaving like secret intelligence agents, misusing Frontex activities to interrogate migrants.
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Development UEA @developmentuea.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
🚨 New investigation co-authored by our colleague @stavinoha.bsky.social: EU agencies #Frontex & #Europol unlawfully shared data, sweeping up migrants and #HumanRights defenders. Published in @elpais.com, @lemonde.fr, Solomon, @netzpolitik.org Read more: english.elpais.com/internationa...
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For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol
An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert inte...
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Based on our investigation with @lolahierro.bsky.social and @balkanizator.bsky.social into years of unlawful personal data transfers between Frontex and Europol, under the guise of EU 'counter-smuggling' efforts. english.elpais.com/internationa...
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For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol
An investigation by several media outlets, including EL PAÍS, reveals that Frontex provided the European police agency with indiscriminate information on thousands of people, gathered from covert inte...
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
For years Frontex gathered data and automatically passed it unlawfully to Europol. With @stavinoha.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we investigated how this dragnet scooped up thousands of people, migrants and EU activists. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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Estrella Galán @estrellagalan.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Frontex suma una nueva ilegalidad a su larga lista: la filtración de datos personales. Impulsamos una carta apoyada por decenas de eurodiputados, para exigir que se investiguen estos abusos y acabar con la criminalización de las personas migrantes y la sociedad civil elpais.com/internaciona...
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Un grupo de eurodiputados pide a Bruselas una investigación independiente tras las revelaciones de EL PAÍS sobre la transferencia ilegal de datos de Frontex a Europol
Más de 40 miembros de la Eurocámara exigen que se borren los datos personales transmitidos y que se impidan nuevas cesiones
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
41 MEPs call upon the European Commission to initiate an independent inquiry into large-scale unlawful transfers of personal data between @frontex.bsky.social and @europol.europa.eu following our investigation for El Pais, Le Monde, Solomon, and Netzpolitik.
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Franziska Grillmeier @grillmeier.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
I feel this scoop did not get all the attention it deserves yet:
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Giacomo Zandonini @giacomoza.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Great work by @stavinoha.bsky.social and @balkanizator.bsky.social shedding light on a widely overlooked (and unlawful) programme to feed Europol's database with data collected by Frontex, including those of activists and journalists.
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
For years, human rights advocates have warned of the criminalisation of migrants & activists at Europe’s borders. With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we shed light on the opaque role of Frontex and Europol in drawing thousands into this dragnet. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
❗In the name of 'combating migrant smugglers', the European Union's border agency, Frontex, spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing it on to Europol.
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with European police
In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing ...
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Solomon @wearesolomon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Here is how #Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people’s personal data with #Europol Investigation conducted by Solomon, the French newspaper Le Monde, the Spanish newspaper El País, and the German outlet Netzpolitik. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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Antonella Napolitano @svaroschi.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
NEW: an investigation reveals that Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's data with Europol. Frontex decided to label as “suspects” anyone mentioned during the "debriefing interviews" conducted at disembarkation points at EU’s borders. 🧵Why it matters wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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Fundación porCausa @porcausa.org · 07/07/2025
Frontex transfirió durante años ilegalmente a Europol datos de migrantes y activistas elpais.com/internaciona...
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Frontex transfirió durante años ilegalmente a Europol datos de migrantes y activistas
Una investigación de varios medios, entre ellos EL PAÍS, revela que la agencia europea de fronteras facilitó a la entidad policial información indiscriminada de miles de personas a partir de entrevist...
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das nd @nd-aktuell.de · 07/07/2025
Eine Recherche belegt, wie unter dem Vorwand der Bekämpfung von »Menschenschmuggel« Migranten und Aktivisten kriminalisiert werden. Frontex gab dazu ohne Rechtsgrundlage Informationen von über 13 000 Personen an Europol.
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Frontex übertrug jahrelang illegal Daten an Europol
Eine Recherche belegt, wie unter dem Vorwand der Bekämpfung von »Menschenschmuggel« Migranten und Aktivisten kriminalisiert werden. Frontex gab dazu ohne Rechtsgrundlage Informationen von über 13 000…
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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 07/07/2025
Frontex hat jahrelang personenbezogene Daten gesammelt und unrechtmäßig an Europol weitergeleitet. Tausende, darunter EU-Bürger:innen, die Geflüchtete unterstützen, gerieten durch groß angelegte „verdeckte Verhöre“ in ein wachsendes System der Kriminalisierung. netzpolitik.org/2025/gefluec...
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Geflüchtete und Aktivist:innen: Frontex schickte jahrelang unrechtmäßig Daten an Europol
Frontex hat jahrelang personenbezogene Daten gesammelt und unrechtmäßig an Europol weitergeleitet. Tausende Personen, darunter EU-Bürger:innen, die Geflüchtete unterstützen, gerieten durch groß angele...
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 07/07/2025
Frontex illegally shared thousands of people's personal data with European police
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Frontex illegally shared thousands of people's personal data with European police
In the name of combating migrant smugglers, the European Union's border surveillance agency spent years collecting information on migrants and civil society activists deemed 'suspect,' before passing it on to Europol, the EU police cooperation agency.
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Lola Hierro @lolahierro.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Con @balkanizator.bsky.social y @stavinoha.bsky.social publico hoy esta investigación en @elpais.com acerca de las prácticas ilícitas de @frontex.bsky.social en la obtención y el manejo de datos personales de migrantes y activistas. elpais.com/internaciona...
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Frontex transfirió durante años ilegalmente a Europol datos de migrantes y activistas
Una investigación de varios medios, entre ellos EL PAÍS, revela que la agencia europea de fronteras facilitó a la entidad policial información indiscriminada de miles de personas a partir de entrevist...
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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 16/06/2025
You’ve seen the “don’t share this code with anyone” SMS messages when you log in to your most sensitive online accounts: banking, messaging, #Google , #Meta, #Amazon. But who else might have seen them before you?
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Eliza Triantafillou @etriantafillou.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
💥 Σήμερα η εφημερίδα Δημοκρατία αποκαλύπτει ότι οι δύο της Ομάδας Αλήθειας το 2015, όταν έκαναν «restart» της Ομάδας, ήταν μισθωτοί της ΝΔ κ αμέσως μετά πέρασαν μισθολογικά σε V+O & Blue Skies των Θ. Βαρβιτσιώτη & Γ. Ολύμπιου.
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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I’ve spent a lot of time investigating shitty AI cynically used to pursue vulnerable people in welfare systems. When I talk about this work, I invariably get asked: is it possible to make these systems fair?
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/05/2025
We are alarmed by Europol arrogating to itself the right to develop surveillance tools, which are likely to dramatically transform the landscape of policing across the EU, in almost complete secrecy. Yet, despite this opacity, political support for Europol is growing in Brussels and EU capitals.
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Europol's deepening aversion to transparency
We are alarmed by Europol arrogating to itself the right to develop surveillance tools, which are likely to dramatically transform the landscape of policing across the EU, in almost complete secrecy. Yet, despite this opacity, political support for Europol is growing in Brussels and EU capitals.
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Apostolis Fotiadis @balkanizator.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
For 4 years, with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social we have been researching Europol's agenda about tech. While policy makers in Brussels prepare to give it more powers, we explain why it is important to keep in mind its problematic transparency record: euobserver.com/migration/ar...
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Europol's deepening aversion to transparency
We are alarmed by Europol arrogating to itself the right to develop surveillance tools, which are likely to dramatically transform the landscape of policing across the EU, in almost complete secrecy. ...
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Giacomo Zandonini @giacomoza.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
In the past months, we kept researching on Europol and its little-known innovation programmes. This op-ed on @euobserver.com with @balkanizator.bsky.social zator @stavinoha.bsky.social explains why Europol needs to change its approach and allow scrutiny. euobserver.com/migration/ar...
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Europol's deepening aversion to transparency
We are alarmed by Europol arrogating to itself the right to develop surveillance tools, which are likely to dramatically transform the landscape of policing across the EU, in almost complete secrecy. ...
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Our @euobserver.com op-ed on Europol's increasingly brazen attempts to evade transparency and external scrutiny: euobserver.com/migration/ar... With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @giacomoza.bsky.social
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Europol's deepening aversion to transparency
We are alarmed by Europol arrogating to itself the right to develop surveillance tools, which are likely to dramatically transform the landscape of policing across the EU, in almost complete secrecy. ...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 19/05/2025
In today's op-ed, @stavinoha.bsky.social , @balkanizator.bsky.social and @giacomoza.bsky.social raise the alarm about Europol's lack of transparency: euobserver.com/migration/ar...
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Pointer (KRO-NCRV) @pointerkro-ncrv.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Frontex-directeur Hans Leijtens kan zich voorstellen dat de manier waarop landen als #Griekenland en #Bulgarije wegkomen met illegale pushbacks van #migranten, de indruk wekt van straffeloosheid. Hij reageerde in Pointer Radio op Europarlementariër @tinekestrik.bsky.social.
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Frontex-baas: Frustratie over trage vooruitgang Bulgarije en Griekenland
Frontex-topman Leijtens kan zich voorstellen dat de manier waarop Griekenland en Bulgarije wegkomen met illegale pushbacks van migranten, de indruk wekt van straffeloosheid.||Topman Hans Leijtens van ...
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Niels Heithuis @nielsheithuis.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Nog geen halfjaar nadat Nederlander Hans Leijtens aantrad als topman van @frontex.bsky.social kreeg hij het advies om zich terug te trekken uit Griekenland, wegens alle pushbacks. Hij deed het niet. Frontex bleef, net als de pushbacks. Onderzoek BIRN & Pointer pointer.kro-ncrv.nl/hoe-nederlan...
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Hoe de Nederlandse Leijtens hervormingen bepleit bij Frontex, maar het geweld niet kan stoppen
Terwijl de Nederlandse Hans Leijtens als Frontex-directeur probeert schoon schip te maken, worden aan de Europese buitengrenzen de rechten van migranten nog altijd geschonden. ||Terwijl de Nederlandse...
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Toby Vogel 🇪🇺 @tobyvogel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Excellent reporting on the challenges confronting FRONTEX as it seeks to deal with member states' abuses of migrants
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Poisoned Chalice: Is Frontex Director’s Clean-Up Operation Doomed to Failure?
Dutch former gendarmerie commander Hans Leijtens took the reins of Frontex with a vow to renew the EU border agency’s commitment to the rights of migrants. With Europe’s leaders taking a hard line on ...
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Doro Blancke @doroblancke.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
„Der GF von #Frontex, Hans Leitens, nahm es sich 2022 zur Aufgabe, den Ruf des Europäischen Grenzschutzes wiederherzustellen, nachdem bekannt wurde, dass Frontex illegale Rückführungen nach Griechenland systematisch vertuschte.“ Recherche von #Solomon #WeAreSolomon Sehr interessant zu lesen.
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Marija Ristic @marijaristic.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This is an excellent thread of even better investigation into the human rights record of Frontex leadership 👇
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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · 10/04/2025
"We may have contributed to 'a sense of impunity' in #Greece" Exclusive interview with #Frontex @frontex.bsky.social director Hans Leijtens at BIRN, @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @pointerkro-ncrv.bsky.social on #pushbacks in Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia. balkaninsight.com/2025/04/08/p...
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Poisoned Chalice: Is Frontex Director’s Clean-Up Operation Doomed to Failure?
Dutch former gendarmerie commander Hans Leijtens took the reins of Frontex with a vow to renew the EU border agency’s commitment to the rights of migrants. With Europe’s leaders taking a hard line on ...
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Solomon @wearesolomon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Αποκλειστική συνέντευξη του διοικητή της #Frontex σε BIRN, Solomon, Pointer. Ο Χ. Λέιτενς ανέλαβε να αποκαταστήσει την φήμη της Frontex μετά τις αποκαλύψεις για συγκάλυψη παράνομων επαναπροωθήσεων στην Ελλάδα. Τρία χρόνια μετά, οι βίαιες επαναπροωθήσεις σε Ελλάδα, Βουλγαρία, Σερβία συνεχίζονται.
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Stavros Malichudis @malichudis.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
1/ Νέα έρευνα: Ο εκτελεστικός διευθυντής της #Frontex, Χανς Λέιτενς, ανέλαβε το 2022 να αποκαταστήσει τη φήμη της Ευρωπαϊκής Συνοριοφυλακής, μετά την αποκάλυψη πως η Frontex συγκάλυπτε συστηματικά τις παράνομες επαναπροωθήσεις στην Ελλάδα. wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
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Διοικητής Frontex: Δημιουργήσαμε «μια αίσθηση ατιμωρησίας» στην Ελλάδα
Ο εκτελεστικός διευθυντής Χανς Λέιτενς ανέλαβε να αποκαταστήσει την φήμη της Frontex, μετά τις αποκαλύψεις για συγκάλυψη παράνομων επαναπροωθήσεων στην Ελλάδα.Τρία χρόνια μετά, όμως, οι βίαιες επαναπρ...
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Luděk Stavinoha @stavinoha.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
In this investigation for Balkan Insight, we review the human rights record of @frontex.bsky.social's director Hans Leijtens-two years after he vowed to end the agency's complicity in violent pushbacks. Amidst lawlessness at Europe's borders, is he fighting a losing battle? tinyurl.com/bddvh7f5 🧵👇
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Poisoned Chalice: Is Frontex Director’s Clean-Up Operation Doomed to Failure?
Dutch former gendarmerie commander Hans Leijtens took the reins of Frontex with a vow to renew the EU border agency’s commitment to the rights of migrants. With Europe’s leaders taking a hard line on ...
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