Germany keeps Stasi-stlye scent tabs on G8 protesters

German authorities are using scent tracking to keep tabs on possibly violent protesters against next month’s Group of Eight summit – a tactic that is drawing comparisons with the methods of former East Germany’s secret police.

Scent samples have been taken from an undisclosed number of people believed to be a possible danger to the upcoming summit so police dogs can pick out the perpetrators if there is violence, the Hamburger Morgenpost reported today.