Tag Archives: France

Protest policing in France criticized

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Gary Cordner

Police handling of recent pension protests in France has drawn heavy criticism, as reported here. One expert describes the approach taken by police as “an escalation doctrine” and a human rights activist asserts “We have forgotten that the police are … Continue reading →

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The City of Light

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Gary Cordner

This short blog post indicates that Paris became “The City of Light” in 1667 as a crime prevention measure. The then-head of the Paris police, Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie, is credited with promoting the idea in response to increased … Continue reading →

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Interpol Metaverse

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Gary Cordner

Interpol has unveiled its own Metaverse that “allows registered users to tour a virtual facsimile of the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France without any geographical or physical boundaries, interact with other officers via their avatars, and even take … Continue reading →

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Interpol election raises human rights questions again

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Gary Cordner

Interpol is holding elections this week for president (4-year term) and executive committee seats, as reported here. Human rights organizations have criticized a UAE candidate for president, citing torture allegations and other human rights abuses. They are joined by two … Continue reading →

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Major botnet taken down

Posted on January 29, 2021 by Gary Cordner

Europol and police from 8 countries have jointly disrupted EMOTET, “one of most significant botnets of the past decade,” as reported here. The malware, discovered in 2014, had a “unique way of infecting networks by spreading the threat laterally after … Continue reading →

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Police Research in France

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Gary Cordner

Jacques de Maillard and Wes Skogan have a forthcoming book, Policing in France, which is particularly noteworthy because there hasn’t been a great deal of descriptive and analytical writing in English on that topic. In this blog post, they explain … Continue reading →

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Global terrorism in 2019

Posted on July 13, 2020 by Gary Cordner

Worldwide, annual terror attacks and deaths have both dropped by about 50% between 2014 and 2019, as reported here. In 2019, the 5th consecutive year of decreases, 8,500 attacks resulted in 20,300 deaths. Afghanistan accounted for 21% of global attacks … Continue reading →

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UK police infiltrate encrypted organized crime platform

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Gary Cordner

The UK National Crime Agency along with partners in France and Netherlands was recently able to infiltrate the encrypted platform EncroChat used for “coordinating and planning the distribution of illicit commodities, money laundering, and plotting to kill rival criminals,” as … Continue reading →

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Protest policing in France

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Gary Cordner

This article considers whether France’s national riot police would be a good model to adopt in the U.S., where the options are local police or the National Guard, which is a state-level branch of the military. The author notes that … Continue reading →

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Photographing criminals & crime scenes

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Gary Cordner

This column describes a current museum exhibition that includes photos from the 1800s and early 1900s that piqued public interest in criminals and crime scenes. Pictures from Paris and New York are featured, as well as one of the In … Continue reading →

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