Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is organising a selection procedure to establish a reserve list from which to fill future vacant posts of European Border and Coast Guard Officers – Standing Corps – Basic Level. The new European Border and Coast Guard Regulation provides for the establishment of a European Border and Coast Guard Standing […]
Strengthening cooperation to fight intellectual property crimes
Counterfeit goods are a significant problem that hits the EU particularly hard, accounting for about 5 % of imports. Organised criminal groups are often behind intellectual property crime and thus benefit financially from it. Fighting intellectual property crime is key to sustaining jobs and growth in the European economy, and to safeguarding consumers against dangerous and substandard […]
2018 broke the record with the largest number of countries affected by forest fires
The Joint Research Center published the 2018 edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. According to this report, wildfires destroyed nearly 178,000 hectares (ha) of forests and land in the EU last year. Results The highest numbers of fires of 30 ha or larger were mapped by […]
New tools for investigating and stopping cybercrimes
The EU-funded TITANIUM project is providing European law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to identify cybercriminals – even when they operate behind the pseudo-anonymity of virtual currencies. From launching ransomware attacks that demand users pay a ransom in Bitcoin, to extorting virtual currencies with the threat of sabotage, criminal organisations continue to find […]
Chemical weapons: Council renews EU sanctions regime for one year
The Council today extended restrictive measures by the EU addressing the use and proliferation of chemical weapons until 16 October 2020. The sanctions consist of These sanctions consist of: a travel ban to the EU and an asset freeze for persons, as well as an asset freeze for entities, currently apply to nine persons – five linked to […]
Member States publish a report on EU coordinated risk assessment of 5G networks security
The Member States, with the support of the Commission and the European Agency for Cybersecurity published on the 9th October a report on the EU coordinated risk assessment on cybersecurity in Fifth Generation (5G) networks. This major step is part of the implementation of the European Commission Recommendation adopted in March 2019 to ensure a high level of […]
Paradise lost? Policing in the age of data protection
The third edition of the EDEN Conference on Data Protection in Law Enforcement kicked off on 19 September in Copenhagen. The two-day event, Paradise lost? Policing in the age of data protection was organised by the Danish National Police (Dansk Politi), the Europol Data Protection Experts Network (EDEN) and the Academy of European Law. This […]
Recent EU plans in defence entail performance
Member States’ current military capabilities and cooperation do not match the new level of ambition of the EU’s defence policy, according to a new review by the European Court of Auditors. Synergies between EU initiatives and other defence and security frameworks are essential, warn the auditors. In particular, a critical point is whether the EU […]
EMSA RPAS drone service to boost maritime surveillance in Croatia
EMSA’s service of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) is now being used by the Croatian authorities to assist them in a range of coast guard related functions including vessel traffic monitoring, search and rescue, and detection and monitoring of marine pollution. The request made in February 2019 by Croatia’s Ministry of the Sea, Transport and […]