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Europol Programming Document 2020 – 2022 Europol Programming Document 2020 – 2022 Approved by Europol’s Management Board on 30th November 2019 and updated in January 2020 in line with the Final Budget 2020. Final version approved by Europol’s Management Board on 25th March 2020. The effects of the evolving COVID-19 pandemic had not been taken into account at the time of final approval of the document. Europol Public Information The Hague, 3 April 2020 1 Europol Public Information Table of Contents List of Acronyms ................................................................................................... 3 Mission Statement ................................................................................................ 4 Executive summary ............................................................................................... 4 SECTION I – General Context ............................................................................... 10 SECTION II - Multi-annual programming 2020 – 2022 ............................................. 19 Multi-annual programme............................................................................. 19 Strategic Priority 1: Be the EU criminal information hub ........................................ 19 Strategic priority 2: Deliver agile operational support ........................................... 19 Strategic Priority 3: Be a platform for European policing solutions .......................... 20 Strategic Priority 4: Be at the forefront of law enforcement innovation and research 20 Strategic Priority 5: Be the model EU Law Enforcement organisation ...................... 20 Europol External Strategy 2017-2020 ................................................................. 22 Human and financial resource outlook for the years 2020-2022 ....................... 26 SECTION III - Work Programme 2020 ................................................................... 31 Activities ......................................................................................................... 31 Development of operational ICT capabilities ............................................ 31 Information Exchange and Cooperation .................................................. 37 Combating Serious and Organised Crime ................................................ 43 Combating Cyber Crime ........................................................................ 50 Counter-Terrorism ............................................................................... 59 Combating Financial and Economic Crime ............................................... 66 Provision of cross-cutting operational capabilities ..................................... 73 Governance, support and administration ................................................. 80 ANNEXES ........................................................................................................... 87 2 Europol Public Information List of Acronyms ADEP Automation of Data Exchange IAC Internal Audit Capability Processes IAS Internal Audit Service AP Analysis Project ICT Information and Communications ARO Asset Recovery Office Technology BPL Basic Protection Level IDMC Integrated Data Management Concept CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear IRU Internet Referral Unit CEPOL European Union Agency for Law ISF Internal Security Fund Enforcement Training J-CAT Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce COSI Standing Committee on Operational JHA Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation on Internal Security JIT Joint Investigation Team CSDP Common Security and Defence Policy JOT Joint Operation Team CT Counter-Terrorism JRC Joint Research Centre DPF Data Protection Function LEA Law Enforcement Authorities EC3 Europol Cybercrime Centre MB Management Board ECA European Court of Auditors MENA Middle East and North Africa region ECTC European Counter Terrorism Centre MS Member State EEAS European External Action Service MTIC Excise and Missing Trader Intra EES Entry-Exit System Community EIS Europol Information System OAP Operational Action Plan (under EMAS Europol Malware Analysis Solution EMPACT) EMCDDA European Monitoring Centre for OCG Organised Crime Group Drugs and Drug Addiction OLAF European Anti-Fraud Office EMPACT European Multidisciplinary Platform OSINT Open Source Intelligence against Criminal Threats OSP Online Service Providers EMSC European Migrant Smuggling Centre PERCI Plateforme Européenne de Retraits de EPE Europol Platform for Experts Contenus illicites sur Internet (European platform for takedown of ESOCC European Serious and Organised illicit content online) Crime Centre PIU Passenger Information Unit ETIAS EU Travel Information and Authorisation System PNR Passenger Name Record ETS European Tracking Solution QUEST Querying Europol’s systems EUIPO European Union Intellectual SIENA Secure Information Exchange Property Office Network Application Eurojust The European Union's Judicial SIS Schengen Information System Cooperation Unit SOC Serious and Organized Crime EU RTF EU Regional Task Force SOCTA Serious and Organized Crime Eu-Lisa European Agency for the Threat Assessment Operational Management of large- TFTP Terrorist Finance Tracking scale IT Systems in the Area of Programme Freedom, Security and Justice THB Trafficking in human beings FIU Financial Intelligence Unit TP Third Parties Frontex European Border and Coast Guard Agency UMF Universal Message Format HR Human Resource VIS Visa Information System HVT High Value Targets 3 Europol Public Information Mission Statement Europol’s mission is to support its Member States in preventing and combating all forms of serious international and organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism. Executive summary Europol’s Programming Document is prepared on the basis of Article 12 of the Europol Regulation and Articles 32 and 33 of the Financial Regulation applicable to Europol. An overview of the current and anticipated future policy factors influencing or impacting Europol’s work in the coming years is presented in Section I. The strategic programming of Europol including resources programming is provided in Section II - Multi-annual programming 2020-2022. Special focus will be placed on five main strategic priorities which have been identified as part of the Europol Strategy 2020+. These priorities will guide the work of the Agency in the years 2020-2022 to: be the EU criminal information hub making full use of data from an extensive network of partners; deliver agile operational support; be a platform for European policing solutions; be at the forefront of innovation and research for law enforcement; be the model EU law enforcement organisation with robust performance, good governance and accountability, promoting diversity and staff engagement. In Section III, Europol’s Work Programme gives a comprehensive overview of the full work portfolio of the agency, including its regular work and specific annual objectives and actions for 2020; the work is organised around the different areas of operation (Activities). Beyond the established (recurrent) work of the agency, annual objectives and actions also reflect and contribute to the strategic priorities identified for 2020+. In 2020 Europol will continue providing the Member States with high quality operational support to investigations in the priority areas aligned with the European Agenda on Security, (serious and organised crime, cybercrime and counter-terrorism). The planned work of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), the European Serious and Organised Crime Centre (ESOCC) -including the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), the European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) including the European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) next to the 24/7 Front Office and the horizontal support functions is extensive and in 2020 as every other year it is full with proposals for new initiatives and further evolvement of capabilities, expertise and tools, in order to exploit the latest opportunities and be able to offer the necessary support to MS’ operations. While making all efforts to introduce efficiency gains, the current level of budget and human resources is not adequate to implement all previously planned initiatives to their full ambition. The Work Programme 2020 adopted by Europol’s Management Board in November 2019 reflected the full ambition of the agency accompanied by a request for additional and adequate resources. All planned actions which were subject to additional resources were marked with an asterisk. The outcome of the Budgetary Process 2020 provided an increase of Europol’s budget compared to 2019, which was however lower than the agency’s request. The updated Work Programme 2020 was adjusted in January 2020 to the level of the Final Budget 2020. Next to Europol’s usual tasks and responsibilities, the main initiatives foreseen for 2020 are summarised below: Based on the clear demand from Member States and partners to receive more support in the area of financial and economic crimes and the commitment of Europol to put more focus on financial investigations and asset recovery in its Strategy 2020+, the agency will set up in 2020 a new operational centre, the European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) which will be dedicated to maximising Europol’s responsiveness 4 Europol Public Information and operational performance in the areas of fraud, money laundering, asset recovery, corruption and counterfeiting. Criminal analysis remains at the core of Europol’s business and the agency is planning to set up a new Analysis and Strategy Coordination Unit
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