EUROPOL КРАСНОДАРСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИЕТ МВД РОССИИ КРЫМСКИЙ ФИЛИАЛ

EUROPOL

КРАСНОДАРСКИЙ УНИВЕРСИЕТ МВД РОССИИ КРЫМСКИЙ ФИЛИАЛ КАФЕДРА ГУМАНИТАРНЫХ И СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИХ ДИСЦИПЛИН Колесникова И. Е. ИНОСТРАННЫЙ ЯЗЫК Europol Europo Симферополь 2016

1. WHAT IS EUROPOL?

1. WHAT IS EUROPOL? -Europol is the European Union law enforcement organization that handles criminal intelligence

2. When did it start its work?

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.

3. What is the aim of Europol?

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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