Tapping requests up by 30% as threats from China and Russia grow - DutchNews.nl

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According to the regulator, the increase is due to international tensions. "Geopolitically speaking, a lot has happened in 2024."

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Due to international tensions, the intelligence services AIVD and MIVD again gathered more information in secret in 2024, the supervisory body Toetsingscommissie Inzet Bemachtheden (TIB) reports in its annual report. The supervisory body received 30 percent more requests to use special powers than a year earlier. These include, for example, tapping phones, placing cameras or microphones in someone's home or tapping internet traffic.

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Intelligence services: The number of requests to use special powers such as wiretapping rose by 30 percent. The General Intelligence