Crime prevention

More than 900 European cyber security experts representing 300 agencies and organizations took part this week in 'Cyber Europe 2018,' a 48-hour exercise hosted by the local branch of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) in Maroussi, northern Athens.

The president of the Hellenic Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) has called for changes to the legal framework so that it can also monitor private surveillance mechanisms.

The statements made Thursday to Parliament's Transparency Committee by the president of the Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) concerning surveillance mechanisms in the country were worrisome, to say the least.

Two men were arrested on Tuesday on the Ionian island of Zakynthos on charges that they shot and killed a stray dog on Sunday.

The pair, aged 73 and 66, were identified in footage caught on surveillance cameras installed outside nearby stores as they fired at the dog in the region of Lagana.

Even someone who is only on nodding terms with current technology must surely be aware of the significant impact that data now has on our everyday lives. Events surrounding the United States 2016 presidential election have brought into sharp focus the potential power that data has to shape the world around us.

Indonesian police shot a man of Bulgarian nationality allegedly involved in ATM theft schemes, reported local newspaper The Jakarta Post quoted by FOCUS News Agency as saying. The incident happened two weeks after the arrest of two other Bulgarians, along with one Chilean and one Taiwanese citizen in connection with a series of ATM cases.

Police have launched major anti-drug operations across Turkey, detaining at least 50 suspects and seizing hundreds of kilograms of drugs between April 3 and 4.

Armed men have robbed safe a car of a well-known hypermarket chain, taking over BGN 300,000, the BNR reported. The incident happened last night when the security guards were in the process of moving the turnover from one of the stores in Pleven.

Police in the Swiss capital of Berne on Friday arrested a man carrying objects wrapped in wires in what they called a suspected bomb threat that forced the closure of an area near the city's main train station for several hours, Reuters reported.

China's police have started using sunglasses with built-in face recognition technology to increase the chances of identifying and capturing criminals, the BBC reported.