Europol Has Released Its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT)

In July 2015, Europol released its annual “European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT)”. Bob Wainwright, Director of Europol, stated that this report presents the situation with regard to terrorism and violent extremism as it unfolded in 2014. It does not make predictions on how terrorism and violent extremism will develop. However, based on historical data and expert judgments, the report identifies a number of trends that will help in defining the threat these phenomena pose to the EU.