Council of European Union Announces Strategy

On September 4, 2007, the Chairman of the Europol Management Board (MB) informed the Council of the European Union (EU) of the Strategy for Europol. Since 2000, EU Members have identified information exchange and operational analysis as Europol’s core activities and developmental priorities. Internally, Europol emphasized completing the development of a functional and stabilized Information System (IS), on adapting to the EU enlargement and expanding the cooperation framework, and on exploring the future role in joint investigations. EU Members were to increase the sharing of information and intelligence and to help in the process leading to joint investigations. Europol’s core business is: exchange of operational information; operational analytical support; strategic analysis; operational support to investigations; and knowledge/or expertise products...[more]