The Carabineros de Chile present the second edition of its Manual of Doctrine an Ethics Code in order to celebrate its 90th Anniversary on April 2017. The first edition was published in 2010, which consolidated and systematized a set of publications issued some decades ago in the institution related to its doctrine and ethics. [...]
On August 23rd 2017, the Minister of Interior of Spain, Mr Juan Ignacio Zoido Àlvarez, and his French counterpart, Mr Gérard Collomb, were welcomed in the Gendarmerie nationale headquarters by General Richard Lizurezy. The Director of the Guardia civil, Mr José Manuel Holgado, was also present. This official visit started with a minute of silence [...]
During this summer, you may be visiting the Algarve, Lisbon or Setubal, some of the most beautiful places in Portugal. Here is how the Guarda Nacional Republicana ensures your security 24/7. The operation « for a safe summer » (« verao seguro » in Portuguese) aims at facilitating the access to the security forces to the thousands of [...]
In March 2017, the Tunisian National Guard announced they had prevented a 15th-century Torah scroll from being smuggled out of the country. The arrest of the suspects was allowed by an information which stated that the Torah scroll was about to be transferred to Europe in a larger antiquities smuggling operation. The rare Torah [...]
Thousands of articles try to explain what the Deep Web is. Most of them provide examples based on the different parts of an iceberg, which is divided into levels each of them containing some kind of information. How do these levels increase encryption proportionally to their depth? And, even more important, how does the content [...]
This police operation is the result of a researching tasks originated as a result of an anonymous complaint. Gendarmerie Nacional Argentina, in the framework of the fight against drug trafficking carried out with the support of the Ministry of National Security, seized 5,173 kilograms of 518 grams of pot marijuana hidden in wooden crates. The [...]
On 07 December, the European Gendarmerie Force leading body, the High Level Interdepartmental Committee or CIMIN, met in Roma to consolidate one year of activities and pave the way for future challenges. Lieutenant General Tullio Del Sette, Commander of the Carabinieri Corps and CIMIN President, officialised the significant achievement of 2016, including: - the continued [...]
The French National Society for the history and heritage of the gendarmerie has just issued a “Gendarmeries of the world Directory”. Written both in French and in English, this exceptional work gathers all the characteristics of 45 gendarmeries or alike forces existing in the world. Conceived for private individuals, French administrations and foreign institutions, international [...]
The threats posed by the use of civil drones have been exemplified by several incidents in the last months: mid-air collisions between planes and drones in the vicinity of airports were just avoided; sensitive sites, such as nuclear plants, were illegally overflown by drones; etc. To tackle this issue, a report was presented to [...]
Work is undergoing in Qatar on the wide range of aspects related to the preparation of the 2022 World Cup, while the projects become more concrete as days go by. One team will play a major role, not in the actual football games but rather in the organization of the tournament itself: the World Cup [...]
