Such events can turn a day at the beach or a nice evening at the restaurant in far less agreeable moments... Learn how to avoid having your car robbed. Park your car in a busy, well-lit environment. Do not leave personal items at sight, neither in the glove compartment nor in the boot. Keep your [...]
It's time to go on holidays ? Here are some useful things to do to protect your house from burglars. Protect the access to your house 1 Remember to lock all the openings (doors, windows, garage) and close the shutters at night 2 Install outdoor motion detector lights for your yard 3 Put grills on [...]
How to drive safely on the motorway... or how to reach your destination without any harm. I respect the speed limits I drive on the right side of the road and I use the turn signals I respect the safety distance I do not drive on the hard shoulder I slow down while driving in [...]
A historical seizure of drugs was carried out on June 26th, 2015 in Cadiz province, when the Algeciras harbour Guardia Civil services confiscated 48 tons of cannabis resin, hidden in two semitrailers arriving from Tangiers (Morocco). Both drivers were arrested. Investigations continue in order to identify the protagonists of the international network and the final [...]
The Belagua sector, in the Navarra region in Spain, was recently the scene of a Franco-Spanish mountain rescue exercise, which gathered 16 Guardia civil and Gendarmerie nationale personnel coming from mountain and helicopter units of Pampelune and Roncal for Spain, Oloron-Sainte-Marie for France. This exercise consisted in the simulation of an accident involving two climbers [...]
On June 26th, 2015, colonel Francisco Esteban Perez, from the Spanish Guardia civil, was relieved by colonel Philippe Rio, from the French Gendarmerie nationale, as commander of the EUROGENDFOR Permanent Headquarters of Vicenza (Italy). The change of command ceremony was attended by several EUROGENDFOR authorities, among whom the general commander of the Italian Arma [...]
From June 1st to 4th, the FIEP Members met during the Service Organization Commission in Istanbul, Türkiye. For this commission, all the Member Forces were invited to present the impact of digitalization on the day-to-day service and how each Force adapted its actions to these new means, through several projects and devices: The [...]
On May 21st, 2015, the Minister of Home affairs and the General Director of the Gendarmerie nationale inaugurated the new site of the Judicial Pole of the Gendarmerie (PJGN) in Pontoise (North of Paris). Several guests coming from the judicial, diplomatic, police and scientific world were able to discover how the gendarmerie adapts its disposal [...]
From 18th to 22nd May 2015, the 3rd Module of the FIEP-TAIEX-GIMAT Project (Gendarmerie Immigration Mobile Assistance Teams) “Urban crime, diffused criminality and control of areas at risk” was implemented in favour of 30 Officers from the Moldovan Department of the Carabinieri Troops. This event, officially opened by the Deputy Minister/Commander of the Carabinieri Troops [...]
The Carabinieri Advanced Institute for Investigative Techniques hosted, from 18th to 22nd May 2015, the international seminar “Cybercrime and terrorist threat in the Mediterranean area”. This event, organized by the Italian Carabinieri at the above mentioned high specialized training centre, was officially opened by the Commander of the Special Operation Department (ROS), Brig.Gen. Mario PARENTE. [...]
