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- 1Russian surveillance firm penetrated Europe's police forces●Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies
Politico reports that a Russian surveillance technology company sold its products to law enforcement agencies across Europe while the same technology was allegedly being developed for Russian security services. The revelation raises questions about how Western police forces came to rely on tools with possible Kremlin-linked origins and is prompting calls for scrutiny of procurement practices in policing across the continent.
- 2EU-backed forensics firm accused of secret Russian control●Oxygen Forensics, a U.S.-based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from russia has worked on # EU backed
Oxygen Forensics, a data-extraction company presented as U.S.-based, has been accused of being secretly run from Russia. According to documents seen by POLITICO reporter Antoaneta Roussi, the firm has worked on EU-backed projects and sold its services to European law enforcement agencies, raising concerns about how a company with alleged Russian ties gained access to sensitive police work across Europe.