Surely the most famous mountain rescue unit in France, the Gendarmerie High Mountain Unit (PGHM) of the city of Chamonix, in the Alps, is celebrating this month its 60th anniversary. Highly trained gendarmes are on duty 24/7.  Winter and summer are the busiest seasons of the year on the Mont Blanc area. It all adds [...]

 The research and inspection team of the National Guard in Sidi Bouzid in the middle-East of Tunisia managed to uncover a Tikfiri cell consisting of 09 elements aged between 21 and 27, including those who had previously been involved in terrorism-related cases and those who were among the terrorist groups in Syria. Investigations also revealed [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]