The EU would increase airport security

The issue, had a major stir among the European lawmakers, who feel the privacy of the European citizens in danger, since the airlines should be to suppose to give such informations to the police, as the passenger’s name, or the credit card number.

Database containing the names of the passengers was made to screen the terrorists after the events of the 11^th of September 2001, but today it is also used to screen other criminals, including drug smugglers. Although a terrorist attack is still a threat to the Union, the fight against drug smuggling costs a lot of money: in 2008 the EU spent 4.2 billion euros for this purpose – reports Világgazdaság Online, after EUBusiness.