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Europol Review 2016-2017 Europol Review 2 Europol Review 3 EUROPOL REVIEW 2016-2017 EUROPOL REVIEW 2 EUROPOL REVIEW 3 EUROPOL REVIEW 2016-2017 EUROPOL REVIEW 2 EUROPOL REVIEW 3 Europol Review 2016-2017 European Union for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) P.O. Box 908 50 2509 LW The Hague The Netherlands ISBN 978-92-95200-88-3 ISSN 1681-1569 DOI 10.2813/871457 QL-AB-17-001-EN-N © European Union Agency for Law This publication and more information Photo credits: Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), on Europol are available online: 2017 © Europol; p. 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, www.europol.europa.eu 20, 23, 24, 25, 34, 35, 37, 48, 49, 62, Reproduction is authorised provided 65, 70, 73, 75, 76, 77 the source is acknowledged. For any © Shutterstock; p. 4, 12, 18, 22, 26, 27, use or reproduction of individual pho- 28, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 43, 44, 45, 46, tos, permission must be sought directly 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 63, 64, 68 from the copyright holders. Twitter: @Europol © Fotolia; p. 31, 49, 60, 70 EUROPOL REVIEW 4 EUROPOL REVIEW CONTENTS - 5 CONTENTS FOREWORD - 6 EUROPOL NEWS - 8 TACKLING ORGANISED CRIME - 14 PEOPLE IN DANGER - 18 TERRORISM - 28 EXPLOSIVES AND FIREARMS - 34 CYBERCRIME - 36 DRUGS - 48 CONSUMER AND PROPERTY PROTECTION - 54 FRAUD - 58 MONEY - 62 OPERATIONAL HUB - 64 INTELLIGENCE - 68 NETWORKS - 72 LOOKING FORWARD - 74 EUROPOL REVIEW FOREWORD - 6 EUROPOL REVIEW 7 ROB WAINWRIGHT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EUROPOL EUROPOL REVIEW 6 EUROPOL REVIEW FOREWORD - 7 FOREWORD 2016 was a challenging year for European integration. All in all, more than 46 000 new cases were initiated Europe continued to struggle with an influx of migrants. in 2016; 16% more than in the previous year. Law en- EU Member States increased efforts to cooperate on forcement authorities exchanged 870 000 operational a number of security issues, such as people smuggling messages, making it 72 000 exchanges per month. This and terrorism. European Union matters, including law has led to new investigative links and operational suc- enforcement cooperation, were affected by the referen- cesses. Almost 1.5 million searches were performed dum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the EU. in the Europol database in 2016, by more than 7000 This combination posed new challenges for decision users from the 28 Member States. Moreover, Europol makers in the Member States and in European Union connects 10 000 law enforcement experts via its institutions and agencies. It also provided impetus for Platform for Experts. This shows the growing scale of Member States to cooperate on sensitive issues, such as cooperation between Member States but also an in- those related to terrorism or irregular migration. crease in work performed by Europol at various levels. Europol stayed on course and continued to upgrade its It would not be possible to touch upon all the complex capabilities to respond best to new challenges and processes that Europol has handled in the last year. requests from the Member States. It enhanced the The Europol Review – General report on Europol newly created European Migrant Smuggling Centre and activities will inform you in more detail about the the European Counter Terrorism Centre, supporting a most important activities in 2016 and the first four number of international operations and dispatching months of 2017. More information can be found on its officers to the Member States, including hotspots in our website and social media accounts. the countries affected most by irregular migration. In July 2016, Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office launched the Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition (IPC³), set up at Europol. The Europol database currently includes 22 000 suspects in the area of intellectual property crime. More than half of them were entered into the database last year. EUROPOL REVIEW EUROPOL NEWS - 8 EUROPOL REVIEW 9 EUROPOL NEWS guide produced by law enforcement. Apart from tracing EUROPOL REGULATION attribution, seizure and listing important stakeholders from the private sector, it covers other areas such as an overview of The legislative process for the adoption of the Europol Bitcoin-facilitated crimes and the abuse of Bitcoin signatures Regulation was concluded in May 2016¹. The Regulation was for criminal purposes. published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 24 May 2016, it entered into force in June 2016, and will be applicable from 1 May 2017. In 2016, Europol started preparing for the implementation of the new legal framework. CYBERCRIME CONFERENCE 2016 EUROPOL SCANS FOR The annual Interpol-Europol Cybercrime Conference is a joint ORGANISED CRIME THREATS initiative launched in 2013, hosted alternately by Europol and Interpol. In September 2016, 200 law enforcement cybercrime Europol has been developing its efficient and effective envi- specialists from 56 countries, the private sector and academia ronmental scanning system further, as part of the early warn- met in Singapore to address the challenges of identifying ing system for detecting emerging organised crime threats, cybercriminals. Particular focus was on financial crime, and for considering needs and requirements. The system terrorism-related activities and child sexual abuse, next to scans and analyses the stream of information from all relevant other topics such as ransomware and bulletproof hosting. The sources, including open sources, law enforcement sources and 2017 edition will be held from 27-29 September at Europol databases (both public and law enforcement). The scanning headquarters in The Hague. and fusion of the collected information, taking into account the reliability of sources, compatibility of information and the traceability, produces valuable contributions which can also be used for regular threat assessments such as Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), the latest edition of which was published in March 2017. VIRTUAL CURRENCY GUIDE FOR INVESTIGATORS The European Cybercrime Centre at Europol released the first version of its virtual currency guide for investi- gators in November 2016. The guide is a source of practical information cov- ering relevant aspects of the technology for inves- tigators and is by far the most comprehensive vir- tual currency investigation 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooper- ation (Europol), replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA with effect from 1 May 2017. EUROPOL REVIEW 8 EUROPOL REVIEW EUROPOL NEWS - 9 EUROPEAN POLICE CHIEFS CONVENE AT EUROPOL In September 2016, 430 police chiefs and senior law enforcement representatives from 53 countries, as well as delegates from 21 international organisations, EU institutions and agencies, academia and the private sector, gathered at Europol headquarters in The Hague for the annual European Police Chiefs Convention (EPCC). During the event, the heads of European law enforcement discussed topical challenges facing the law enforcement community. Terrorism, the migration crisis and its challenges, as well as digital transformation and new technologies, were the focus of panel discussions and more than 140 bilateral and multilateral meetings at Europol. EUROPOL MANAGEMENT BOARD On 4 October 2016, the Management Board, on the occasion of its 100th meeting discussed the future of Europol at a time of considerable strategic changes in EUROPOL REVIEW EUROPOL NEWS - 10 EUROPOL REVIEW 11 the security environment and amidst important policy devel- the Western Balkans, but also signals the need to exploit new opments in the EU’s internal security. To mark this milestone, possibilities in relations with Middle East and North African the Management Board Secretariat presented a new book countries and international organisations such as NATO. describing the role and evolution of Europol from the perspective of its governing body, from the early 1990s through to its emergence as a fully-fledged EU agency in 2009 and its integration into the post-Lisbon institutional environment under the Regulation EUROPOL AND FRONTEX in 2016. INCREASE INFORMATION The Management Board provides a unique platform for SHARING Member States’ policing and security interests. It is Europol’s main governance body and one of its primary stakeholder Europol continued to cooperate with a number of international environments. It is an integral part of Europol’s administrative partners as well as other European Union agencies and bodies. and management structure under the Europol Regulation. Its Specifically, in view of the migration crisis, Europol further main functions are to provide strategic guidance to the organisation and oversee the implementation of its tasks, strengthened its cooperation with Frontex on the basis of the adopt its annual and multi-annual work programme, approve new operational cooperation agreement adopted in 2015. the budget and exercise the powers of appointing authority. Mutual participation in respective Management Board meetings It is composed of one representative from each European Union contributed to a better understanding of strategic directions and Member State and one from the European Commission. possible synergies. New operational cooperation was devel- oped, in particular within the framework of the EU Regional Task Force and in hotspots, where Europol conducts security EUROPOL’S EXTERNAL checks of suspicious individuals and supports the fight against STRATEGY: OPTIMISING facilitated
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