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Europol is the European Union's law enforcement agency. It aims to improve cooperation between member states' authorities to prevent and combat serious international organized crime and terrorism. Europol provides support through information exchange, intelligence analysis, expertise and training. It operates computer systems to store and analyze data. While Europol officers do not make arrests, it supports international investigations initiated by member states. Europol is overseen by various EU bodies to ensure democratic accountability.

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Europol is the European Union's law enforcement agency. It aims to improve cooperation between member states' authorities to prevent and combat serious international organized crime and terrorism. Europol provides support through information exchange, intelligence analysis, expertise and training. It operates computer systems to store and analyze data. While Europol officers do not make arrests, it supports international investigations initiated by member states. Europol is overseen by various EU bodies to ensure democratic accountability.

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EUROPEAN

POLICE
OFFICE
(EUROPOL)
WHAT IS
EUROPOL
It is a European Union’s criminal intelligence agency
which aims to foster cooperation between the authorities
of the member states and to improve the effectiveness of
sharing and pooling intelligence to prevent and combat
serious international organized crime.
WHAT IS
EUROPOL
Is a multi-disciplinary agency, comprising not only regular
police officers but staff members states various law
enforcement agencies such as customs, immigration
services, border, financial police etc.
MISSION OF EUROPOL
• Is to make significant contribution to European
Union’s law enforcement.
• Aim is to improve the effectiveness and
cooperation between the authorities of the
member states in preventing and combating all
forms of serious international organized crime
and terrorism.

Became fully operational on July 01,1999


ROLE OF EUROPOL
Provides support through information exchange,
intelligence analysis, expertise, and training.

Assist in overcoming the language barriers in


international police cooperation.
3 DIFFERENT LEVELS OF
COOPERATION
• TECHNICAL- providing training.
EXCHANGE
• STRATEGIC- exchanges knowledge on general DATA

trends in organized crime and techniques on how to


STRATEGIC
counter it and the exchange of threat assessments.
• EXCHANGE DATA- top level coperation , requires
the fulfillment of Europol’s standards in the field of TECHNICAL

data protection and security.


EUROPOL AUTHORITIES
• DIRECTORATE OF EUROPOL- Appointed by the
council of the European Union
• Consist of Director Rob Wainwright(UK), Deputy
Directors Tom Driessen (Netherlands), Michel
Quille (France), and Eugenio Orlandi (Italy)
EUROPOL AUTHORITIES
2. JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL
- Europol Management Board.

3. FINANCIAL SUPERVISION- drawn from the


membership of the European Court of Auditors and
known as the joint audit committe
EUROPOL’S MANDATE
AGAINST:
• Illicit drug trafficking
• Illicit immigration networks
• Terrorism
• Forgery of Money
• Human Trafficking
• Illicit vehicle trafficking; and
• Money laundering
EUROPOL’S
•
MANDATE
Europol listens to what EU Member States need and
analyses crime trends in the EU. The Agency
supports investigations initiated by Member States,
though Europol officers never arrest citizens or
instigate investigations. Europol’s work usually
consists of dealing with crimes that require an
international approach and cooperation between
several countries, inside and outside the EU. The
decision on which crimes to prioritize is shaped by
EMPACT.
COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM 3
COMPONENTS
• An Information system;
• An analysis system ; and
• An index system
DOES EUROPOL
DEMOCRATICALLY
• There is a series of control and
CONTROLLED?
governance supervision, according to
Europol Council Decision.
• With ECA, IAF,IAS, ensures that
Europol is accountable on a number of
levels and is as such democratically run.
EUROPOL VS INTERPOL
INTERPOL
• Worldwide network of police agencies
EUROPOL
• Mainly supports the EU members state

Both have roles to fight against organized crime, no


competition

Co-operation agreement was signed 2001 by the two


agencies to enhance international law enforcement
cooperation
FACTS AND FIGURES ON
EUROPOL
✓More than 1400 staff
✓264 Europol Liaison Officers
✓Thousands of international investigations supported
each year
✓Became an official EU agency on 1 January 2010

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