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The 11th EU-US Explosives Experts' Seminar took place in Brussels from 17-19 September. The seminar continued to foster strong cooperation and provided a platform for sharing information, best practices, and enhancing EU-US joint actions in explosives security.

On 3 October the Commission hosted the second meeting of the EU Network Against Corruption, where the fifth Rule of Law Report and the work of the Anti-Corruption Partnership Forum were presented, along with insights on high-risk areas of corruption and civil society's role in monitoring such cases.

Police chiefs and delegates from EU Member States, non-EU countries, international organisations, and agencies gathered at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague to discuss the challenges of modern policing, strategies to combat emerging criminal threats, and ways to enhance international cooperation.

The EU Knowledge Hub is seeking members for a dedicated Research Committee to drive research in radicalisation prevention. The selection of the 15 members will consider expertise, gender and geographical diversity to ensure a balanced committee.

The EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation is looking for experts to lead seven thematic panels. Application deadline is 15 October 2024.

The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) released its latest analysis on asylum trends, showing that by June 2024, EU countries had received 513,000 applications for international protection.

In 2023 alone, Europol supported 223 operations against migrant smuggling and human trafficking networks. These results came from the latest report of Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), based on the operations supported by the agency last year.

On 9 September, the Commission and Armenia announced the beginning of a visa liberalisation dialogue. This process aims to support Armenia in achieving a visa-free regime for short-stays within the EU, and builds on the implementation of the EU-Armenia Visa Facilitation and Readmission Agreements.

On 4 September, Commissioner Johansson delivered a speech at the LIBE committee on Hungary's national card scheme, addressing the security risks posed by the facilitation of Russian and Belarusian nationals' access to the Schengen area, and underlining the need to protect the external EU border.