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In its latest podcast, “Targeting Dark Finances”, Europol sheds light on the intricate world of financial and economic crime.
It has been one year since the Schengen Information System was upgraded with new categories of alerts, including biometrics and additional tools to combat serious crime and terrorism. Find out how dozens of terrorist suspects are caught every year thanks to SIS.
According to Europol and the EMCDDA, drug-related violence and criminal adaptability are on the rise, posing important challenges for law enforcement. One pioneering EU-funded project takes on drug smugglers with new technologies enabling police and customs to detect illicit drugs with 99% accuracy.
In her overview of the work accomplished over the last five years, President von der Leyen discusses the recently agreed upon Pact on Migration and Asylum, a common EU response to manage migration, and the EU Security Union Strategy 2020-2025, a holistic approach adopted to keep Europe safe.
Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Ylva Johansson, was in Australia this week, from 18 to 21 March, to strengthen the ongoing EU-Australia collaboration on security matters. She met with Australia's Minister for Home Affairs, with the eSafety Commissioner, and the Attorney General.
On 14 March, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the Commission's proposal to update the Regulation on import, export and transit of firearms for civilian use. The revised rules will enhance security and address firearms trafficking.
On 12 March 2024, the Commission adopted a Communication assessing the progress made in the area of migration and asylum. Committed to create a sustainable EU framework for migration management, it has introduced reforms with the new Pact while working on operational actions to support EU countries.
On 11 March, Vice-President for Promoting our European Way of Life, Margaritis Schinas and Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, attended the ceremony of the 20th EU Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism in Madrid organised by the Commission.
Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, and Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, attended the Justice and Home Affairs Council held on 4 - 5 March in Brussels.
Commissioner Johansson was in Berlin on 21 February and Warsaw on 26 February. In Berlin, she discussed the new Pact on Migration and Asylum in the Bundestag EU committee, and in Warsaw, she met with the Polish Minister of the Interior to discuss the EU’s support for Poland in hosting refugees.