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Europol in Brief 2019 ISBN978-92-95220-20-1 / DOI 10.2813/306803 / QL-AM-20-001-EN-N inEUROPOL brief year of 2019 2 Europol: the EU’s response to serious and organised crime and terrorism Europol is the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation. It is the place where European police work together. Europol began as a small office working to stop drug trafficking and has grown to become the central point for criminal information in the EU. If a crime affects two or more EU countries, Europol can help police officers join the dots. There are 27 countries in the EU, with hundreds of police organisations. Europol brings them together to fight crime as one. 1 299 staff members 46 countries 66% men 34% women * Data correct as of December 2019 and includes staff with employment contracts with Europol, liaison officers from EU and non-EU countries and organisations, seconded national experts, trainees and contractors. 3 Headquarters in The Hague the Netherlands Budget for 2019 € 138.3 million Liaison bureaux There are more than 250 liaison officers at Europol’s headquarters from almost 50 different countries and agencies. Liaison officers meet and network daily, building strong international working relationships, coordinating operational cooperation, creating links, and securely sharing crime information and best practices. Iceland Norway Canada 27 EU USA Turkey Member States Albania North Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Colombia Serbia Switzerland Australia 262 liaison officers at its headquarters 4 Communicate SIENA The Secure Information Exchange Network Application is a state-of-the-art platform that meets the communication needs of EU law enforcement. A 1 744 secure messaging service, SIENA is used to quickly secure lines exchange operational and strategic crime-related data between EU countries and Europol's partners. provided SIENA messages exchanged The overall number of messages exchanged includes all requests, answers and messages for information sent and received in SIENA, including cancellation messages and no information available answers. 1.2m 1m 1.1m 869k 732k 605k 456k 414k 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 5 SIENA messages per crime area (top 5) Robbery and Drug Fraud and Migrant Terrorism organised trafficking swindling smuggling theft SIENA cases initiated 84k 77k 66 k 46 k 39 k 34 k 18 k 15 k 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 6 SIENA new cases per crime area Crime areas used in less than 3% of new cases are not shown on this graph. Some numbers might be part of various crime areas, overlapping percentages. 30 ther not within manate 4 Money 5 launering ther organise crime 6 Terrorism 8 Migrant smuggling 8 obbery an organise theft 10 Drug trafficking 18 Cybercrime 15 Weapons an eplosives 16 Frau an swinling 7 Connect International criminal and terrorist groups make use of the latest technology. Europol must be equally flexible and innovative by making sure it always has state-of-the-art tools and methods at its disposal, like databases and communication channels that offer fast and secure facilities for storing, searching, visualising, analysing and linking key information. Europol Information System (EIS) The Europol Information System is Europol’s database for storing and querying information on offences, offenders, suspects and other key crime-related data. EIS searches 53m m 4 +32% m 25 m 14 k 633 k k k 390 321 306 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 8 EIS objects in the database 14m 1.3m total obects people 1m 395k 295k 245k 236k 186k 241k 213k 162k 103k 70k 86k 48k 61k 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 - +11 +14 obects people he EIS containe obects he EIS containe information on in , an increase on . people in , an increase of on . 9 EIS objects (per crime area) 51% 12% 11% 6.3% 4.3% 3.7% 3.6% 3.5% 2.2% Terrorism Drug obbery an Frau Other oily Forgery of Money Weapons trafficking aggravate organise inury aministrative launering an theft crime ocuments eplosives Europol Platform for Experts (EPE) The Europol Platform for Experts is Europol’s bespoke tool for law enforcement specialists to share best practices, expert knowledge, and non-personal data on crime with other specialists in the field. EPE works like a closed social media network and almost 18 000 members from more than 100 countries use it to interact and collaborate with one another. from 100+ countries 172k 50+ eperts from law enforcement, crime areas 58 private sector an acaemia iscusse platforms 10 Coordinate Europol provides EU law enforcement authorities with 24/7 operational support. Europol coordinates this support for crimes in its mandate and for criminal cases that fall into several criminal areas. Joint action days (JADS) Joint action days bring together EU countries, European and international organisations to strengthen Europe’s borders and internal security. 707 1 068 new cases suspects arrested initiated during action days Action days 19 perational an Analysis Centre 251 68 European inancial 19 198 an Economic perational an Crime Centre Analysis Centre 251 68 European inancial 198 an Economic Crime Centre 18 251 European Counter Terrorism Centre 18 251 134 European Counter European Serious an Terrorism Centre25 rganise European Crime134 Centre 2018 2019 Cybercrime European Serious an Centre25 rganise European Crime Centre 2018 2019 Cybercrime Centre 11 Mobile offices Europol mobile offices can provide support for a wide range of activities, like ongoing investigations, major sports events, international conferences and other occasions where police cooperation is needed. Europol deploys staff to support ongoing investigations and operations. This enables access to Europol’s secure network on site. Canada United States of America Georgia Israel Japan Singapore EU 27 (except Luxembourg) Albania Morocco Bosnia and Herzegovina Nigeria Moldova Argentina Tunisia Montenegro Colombia South Africa Serbia Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Europol deployed its experts with mobile offices to 46 countries + EUNAVFORMED 12 Mobile office deployment 370 353 339 221 155 146 91 90 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 deployets 257 sort ter 1 028 days of on-site support to fight 4 migrant smuggling lo ter 4 peret 13 Joint investigation teams (JITs) Two or more EU countries can agree to set up a joint investigation team. They run for a limited time and for a specific purpose to carry out criminal investigations in one or more of the EU countries involved. Joint Investigation Teams supported by Europol 27 46 Europol sied Europol s ioled i oit iestitio oit iestitio tes te reeets 2019 in 2019 Operational meetings funded by Europol 2019 2018 427 2017 403 14 Collaborate 9 368 operational reports produced 9 368 8 280 8 266 5 330 4 085 4 046 2 141 2 250 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 iil 909 oter reports itelliee reports 391 262 opertiol lysis reports 7 06 rosst reports it oti- itios 15 262 operational analysis reports 76 34 Europe Europe iil d yerrie Eooi rie etre etre 122 Europe erious d rised rie etre 30 Europe outer Terroris etre Hits on every 100 data checks requested 9.6 9.1 10.2 2019 2018 2017 Hit rate measures the number of operational reports produced per 100 operational contributions. 16 1 874 operations supported 1 874 1 748 1 496 1 056 812 629 684 632 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Operations in top crime areas yerrie erroris ru trii 376 155 139 632 186 117 98 op orised rie roups iil roperty rie irt rie suli 17 Operations supported and countries involved outries ioled operations supportedoperations operations ≤5 countries 198 outries 57 11-20 outries 20 >2 outries 18 Europol centres Operational and Analysis Centre The Operational and Analysis Centre is Europol’s information hub; a gateway sorting, handling and analysing all incoming information. The centre monitors operations and developments 24/7, sets up cooperation with non-EU countries and organisations and deploys experts on the ground. It also provides analysis to Europol’s other centres and organisations. +80k 4 154 19 operational operational reports action days contributions produced coordinated and processed supported 19 European Serious and Organised Crime Centre Europol’s European Serious and Organised Crime Centre supports EU countries in their fight against international criminal networks involved drugs, weapons and explosives, property and environmental crime. The centre also hosts the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), which targets and dismantles the complex and sophisticated criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling. 726 5 322 985 operational cases operational reports operational reports supported produced by ESOCC produced by EMSC 71 17k+ 155 action days in the operational contributions number of operations field by EMSC processed by EMSC supported by EMSC 20 European Cybercrime Centre Europol set up the European Cybercrime Centre to strengthen the law enforcement response to cybercrime in the EU and help protect European citizens, businesses and governments from online crime. 397 1 084 6 731 operational cases operational reports operational supported produced contributions processed 1 646 47 forensic support child abuse victims identified 21 European Counter Terrorism Centre The terrorism situation in Europe is constantly evolving, and the threat of terrorism and violent extremism is growing ever more complex. The European Counter Terrorism Centre was set up to monitor jihadist and right-wing terrorism, the state of terrorist online communications, the threat from returnees from conflict zones and released prisoners and the impact of technological developments. 632 1 883 6 075 operational cases operational reports operational supported produced contributions processed European Union Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) The EU IRU at the European Counter Terrorism Centre combats terrorist propaganda on the internet. The unit identifies and refers violent extremist activities online to the relevant internet service providers. 361 25k+ online platforms volumes of content monitored assessed 22 European Financial and Economic Crime Centre Highly sophisticated cases of money laundering, scams and fraud that target individuals, companies and the public sector continue to threaten the growth of the economy and the integrity of our financial system.
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