Europol Director Rob Wainwright met with Steven Broad, Executive Director of TRAFFIC, at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague today to discuss further cooperation in fighting environmental crime, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two parties in 2016. The scope of the MoU is to facilitate the exchange of information…
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Europol' crack down on migrant smugglers
During the joint action day, which aimed to dismantle organised crime groups smuggling migrants into the EU and within the Schengen area, the following actions were carried out: Three premises searched in Hungary. One was a hotel in Budapest, used as a major safe house for irregular migrants. Several organised crime groups used this…
Georgian food toursim to EU
Zurab Matcharadze, Georgian journalist, correspondent of ‘Rezonansi’ newspaper OPINION Today the European Parliament voted in favor of granting the citizens of Georgia the right to 90 days visa to Schengen zone. I do not know about the European Union, but for Georgia it is a historic decision, being the only tangible result for a…
Europol after on-line offenders
European Network of Law Enforcement Specialists on CGN created at Europol to address a little known but major capability gap in law enforcement’s attempts to identify offenders online. Closing the #Online Crime Attribution Gap: European law enforcement tackles Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) https://t.co/1mT1ayaJLf #Internet pic.twitter.com/3zDu5yMmkE — Europol (@Europol) February 2, 2017 On 31 January 2017, a…
Mogherini: "Islam belongs in Europe"
The European Union disagrees with the travel restrictions introduced last week by the U.S. President’s Executive Order and will remain open to all those with the right to international protection, EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini told the European Parliament at plenary session in Brussels 1/02/2017. “As a good friend of the United States, I believe…
MEPs in rage over Trump's ban
Political group leaders reacted on Wednesday to President Donald Trump’s recent signing of an executive order banning nationals of seven countries from entering US territory. Most MEPs described the travel restrictions as arbitrary and defying the core values of Western democracies, such as freedom, non-discrimination and solidarity. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherni welcomed the clarification…
Iran "on notice"
President Trump’s tweets came the time that the White House condemned a recent ballistic missile test by Iran, and put the country “on notice,” though the administration did not specify what actions it would take. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn: “As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice.” #Hannity pic.twitter.com/1AuGDFX719 — Fox…
Trump-Putin to meet in Reykjavík?
DEPECHE: Until present the nearest chance for US and Russia Presidents to meet would be July G20 Summit in Germany. However, according to spokesperson Dmitry Peskov nobody is interested to wait for so long, and assistants are working on a proposal of a meeting place and time for Presidents before the date, reported Russian press….
EU immigration dichotomy
The startling difference of approach toward migration crisis resolution between EU bureaucrats and national politicians representing opinions of their electorate shifts both policies into confrontational mode, beyond possibility of a compromise. “We have in Europe a history – and here I think I do not speak only for the European Union – that has told…
MEPs: Arctic needs protection
In the European Parliament resolution, adopted by 111 votes to 8, with 1 abstention, MEPs stress that the Arctic sea ice has diminished significantly since 1981, threatening to release huge amounts of carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, while melting glaciers contribute to globally rising sea levels. The volume of sea ice present during…
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