Europol

1. Europol

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3. 1. What is Europol?

4. 1. What is Europol?

-Europol is the European
Union law enforcement
organization that
handles criminal
intelligence

5. 2. When did it start its work?

6. 2. When did it start its work?

The agency started limited
operations on January 3, 1994, as
the Europol Drugs Unit (EDU).
In 1998 the Europol Convection
was ratified by all the member
states and came into force in
October. Europol became fully
operational on July 1, 1999.

7. 3. What is the aim of Europol?

8. 3. What is the aim of Europol?

Its aim is to improve the effectiveness
and cooperation between the competent
authorities of the Member States in
preventing and combating such
international organised crimes as: illicit
drug trafficking; weapons smuggling

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illicit immigration network;
terrorism, forgery of money
(counterfeiting of the Euro) and
other means of payment;
trafficking in human beings
including child pornography

10. 4. Does Europol have any executive powers? What does it mean?

11. 4. Does Europol have any executive powers? What does it mean?

Europol has no executive
powers. This means that Europol
officials are not entitled to
conduct investigations in the
member states or to arrest
suspects.

12. 5.What can you say about structure of this organization?

13. 5.What can you say about structure of this organization?

Europol is a multi – disciplinary
agency, comprising not only
regular police officers but staff
members from the member
states’ law enforcement agencies:
customs, immigration services,
border and financial police, etc

14. 6. Is there any difference between Europol and Interpol? What are their roles in the fight against organized crime?

15. 6. Is there any difference between Europol and Interpol? What are their roles in the fight against organized crime?

There are various possibilities for
international law enforcement
cooperation. Interpol and Europol are
two of them. Interpol is an excellent
network of police agencies of countries
worldwide, whereas Europol mainly
supports the fight against organized
crime and there is no competition
between these organizations.

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. In fact a cooperation agreement was signed
between the two organizations to help
strengthen international law enforcement
cooperation.

17. LITERATURE

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