‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system

Apostolis Fotiadis; Giacomo Zandonini; Ludek Stavinoha; Frida Thurm; Lydia  Emmanouilidou; Bill Goodwin; Sebastian Klovig Skelton

‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system

Apostolis Fotiadis
, Giacomo Zandonini
, Ludek Stavinoha
, Frida Thurm
, Lydia Emmanouilidou
, Bill Goodwin
, Sebastian Klovig Skelton

School of Global Development

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Original language	English
Specialist publication	Computer Weekly
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2026

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Bureaucracy, opacity, border violence: (Un)doing secrecy in EU migration management
Stavinoha, L. (Principal Investigator)
Independent Social Research Foundation
1/09/25 → 31/08/26
Project: Fellowship

1 Article

(Un)making the Frontex PeDRA controversy: Freedom of information and the regime of opacity in EU migration management
Stavinoha, L., 6 Jan 2026, In: Security Dialogue. 57, p. 60-72 13 p.
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For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol
Stavinoha, L. & Fotiadis, A.
7/07/25 → 13/07/25
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution
Europol's deepening aversion to transparency
Stavinoha, L.
19/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media Coverage or Contribution

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‘They protect the law while breaking it’: Inside Europol’s shadow IT system

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Bureaucracy, opacity, border violence: (Un)doing secrecy in EU migration management

Research output

(Un)making the Frontex PeDRA controversy: Freedom of information and the regime of opacity in EU migration management

Press/Media

For years, the EU’s border agency unlawfully transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

Europol's deepening aversion to transparency

Cite this