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    Europol supports the 28 EU Member States in fighting serious crimes like terrorism, cybercrime, drug trafficking, and human trafficking. Europol focuses on operational activities against these threats and others like fraud, money laundering, and organized crime. Europol is headed by an Executive Director appointed by the European Council and assisted by three Deputy Directors overseeing Operations, Governance, and Capabilities.

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    Europol supports the 28 EU Member States in fighting serious crimes like terrorism, cybercrime, drug trafficking, and human trafficking. Europol focuses on operational activities against these threats and others like fraud, money laundering, and organized crime. Europol is headed by an Executive Director appointed by the European Council and assisted by three Deputy Directors overseeing Operations, Governance, and Capabilities.

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    The Role Of International Law

    Enforcement Organization In Europol


    • Headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, we support the
    28 EU Member States in their fight against terrorism,
    cybercrime and other serious and organised forms of crime.
    We also work with many non-EU partner states and
    international organisations.

    Large-scale criminal and terrorist networks pose a significant


    threat to the internal security of the EU and to the safety and
    livelihood of its people. The biggest security threats come
    from:

    terrorism;
    international drug trafficking and money laundering;
    organised fraud;
    the counterfeiting of euros;
    trafficking in human beings.
    Operational Activities

    These activities focus on:


    • Illicit Drugs-substances that either stimulate (such as cocaine or
    amphetamines)

    • Human trafficking- is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, 


    sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others
    • Facilitated illegal immigration- migrants are forced to pay for
    these services by means of illegal labour.

    • Cybercrime- criminal activities carried out by means of


    computers or the Internet
    • Intellectual property crime-is committed when someone
    manufactures, sells or distributes counterfeit or pirated
    goods, such as such as patents, trademarks, industrial
    designs or literary and artistic works, for commercial gain.

    • Cigarette smuggling-  is defined as “the production, import,


    export, purchase, sale, or possession of tobacco goods which
    fail to comply with legislation
    • Euro counterfeiting- is imitation currency produced without
    the legal sanction of the state or government usually in a 6
    deliberate attempt to imitate that currency and so as to
    deceive its recipient.

    • VAT fraud- is the theft of Value Added Tax (VAT) from a


    government by organised crime gangs who exploit the way VAT
    is treated within multi-jurisdictional trading where the
    movement of goods between jurisdictions is VAT-free. 
    • Money laundering and asset tracing- the concealment of the
    origins of illegally obtained money, typically by means of 7
    transfers involving foreign banks or legitimate businesses.
    -is the process by which investigators “follow
    the money.” Investigators trace assets by conducting financial
    investigations, during which they determine a subject’s assets,
    examine the revenue generated by criminal activity, and follow
    its trail.

    • Mobile organised-crime groups-  is a category of transnational


    , national, or local groupings of highly centralized enterprises
    run by criminals who intend to engage in illegal activity, most
    commonly for profit. 
    • Outlawing motorcycle gangs-  is a group
    of motorcycle owners who band together and who agree to 8
    disobey society's laws.

    • Terrorism- the unlawful use of violence and intimidation,


    especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
    Organization Structure
    Europol is headed by an Executive Director, who is
    Europol’s legal representative and is appointed by the
    Council of the European Union. Europol’s current
    Executive Director is Catherine De Bolle, who assumed
    the post in May 2018.

    She is assisted by three Deputy Executive Directors:


    Wil van Gemert, Operations Directorate
    Oldrich Martinu, Governance Directorate
    Luis de Eusebio Ramos, Capabilities Directorate
    Operational activities
    These activities focus on:

    • illicit drugs
    • trafficking in human beings
    • facilitated illegal immigration
    • cybercrime
    • intellectual property crime
    • cigarette smuggling
    • euro counterfeiting
    • VAT fraud
    • money laundering and asset tracing
    • mobile organised-crime groups
    • outlawing motorcycle gangs
    • terrorism
    References:
    https://www.europol.europa.eu/about-euro
    pol

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