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The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation #MakingEuropeSafer
Do you know the network behind the response to a high-risk incident? 🌐The ATLAS Network brings together 38 Special Intervention Units (around 4,000 highly specialised operators) dedicated to combating terrorism and serious organised crime. Learn more: https://ow.ly/yXCq50Zyzcg
💡 EC3 is exploring new ideas and technologies to help law enforcement stay ahead of cybercrime. The EC3 Cyber Innovation Forum* brings these ideas together to shape the future of the fight against cybercrime. ➡️ Learn more about #CIF26: https://ow.ly/MlTU50ZymU6 *Event by invitation only.
📸 Calling all law enforcement photographers! The deadline to enter Europol's #Capture26 photo competition is fast approaching. 🗓️ Submit your photos before 14 August: https://www.europol.europa.eu/photo-competition-form #Photography #PhotoCompetition #LawEnforcementPhotography
🔎 Every detail matters. Some of the objects are the remaining clues in ongoing child sexual abuse investigations. Visit europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse to examine the newly released images. A piece of clothing, a logo, or a word could be familiar to you. Together, we can #StopChildAbuse.
🚨Europol supported a Spanish-led investigation that dismantled one of the largest criminal networks smuggling cannabis, synthetic drugs, migrants, weapons, and fugitives across the Western Mediterranean. 🎯Result: 78 suspects arrested and 17 locations searched Read more:🔗 https://ow.ly/Ku2250ZxkRN
🚨Three high-value targets arrested as authorities in 🇩🇪 and 🇷🇸 strike two Syrian migrant smuggling networks. The suspects allegedly smuggled 900+ migrants into the EU via the Central Mediterranean & Western Balkan routes. 🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/SCKF50ZwsG8 #MigrantSmuggling
From dark web marketplaces to cryptocurrencies, cybercrime is becoming increasingly resilient, adaptable, and sophisticated. In this episode of the #EuropolPodcast, listen to our experts discuss the intricacies of cybercrime enablers. Available on 𝐩𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 platforms or at https://ow.ly/nsn450Zw2PH
🟦 Europol's recent report reveals how the EU's most threatening criminal networks are evolving. ➡️ Swipe through to explore some key findings. To really understand how the EU’s most threatening criminal networks exploit society, download the report on the Europol website: https://ow.ly/3mGy50ZuGb0
🎙️The Europol Podcast is back! This season we’ve turned our expert sessions, hosted live on the Europol website, into episodes you can listen to anytime, anywhere. Tune in for insights on cybercrime, CSAM, ransomware and fraud schemes. Available everywhere and on https://ow.ly/vf5K50Zv4u0
Victims of trafficking in human beings don’t always fit one story, one path. 🩵On this World Day against Trafficking in Persons, it’s time to look beyond the stereotypes. Learn to identify those who may be at risk and recognise the warning signs: https://ow.ly/l6zP50ZujfK #EndHumanTrafficking
🕵️♂️ Can you help our investigators recognise these objects? Every other investigative avenue has already been examined. If you recognise something, you can submit an anonymous tip on europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse 🔁 Share this post and help us reach those who can crack the case. #StopChildAbuse
📢 Join Europol to ensure the reliable operation of the Agency’s essential facilities services. Manage and monitor facilities management contracts, oversee contractor performance, and support the maintenance of critical building systems. 🔗 Apply: https://ow.ly/EOr950Zsmk6
📢 Join Europol to help maintain the ICT applications that support secure and effective law enforcement cooperation across Europe. Work with cloud platforms, automation tools and modern application environments to strengthen Europol’s ICT capabilities. 🔗 Apply: https://ow.ly/3CGC50Zsm77
📢 Join Europol as a Senior Operations Support Agent and help coordinate operational activities that strengthen the fight against serious and organised crime. Support operational projects and contribute to data-driven and technology-enabled investigations. 🔗 Apply: https://ow.ly/c3bM50Zsk9P
📢 Join Europol and help ensure the quality, integrity, and accessibility of data that supports law enforcement cooperation across Europe. Support data management activities, monitor data quality, contribute to data governance. 🔗 Apply: https://ow.ly/M7Pi50ZsjGe
🚨 Europol leads action against the nihilistic violent extremist network "The Com". 🌍 Over 4 340 URLs of disturbing content were referred during the Referral Action Days, targeting online radicalisation & propaganda. 🔗 https://ow.ly/rQmy50ZsgcR #Terrorism
🚔Seven suspects arrested as authorities dismantle a #MigrantSmuggling network operating across the Balkans. The group allegedly transported migrants from Greece through Bulgaria and Romania before facilitating their journey to Italy using rented or stolen vehicles. 🔗https://ow.ly/SeoJ50ZqIj3
🔵The latest European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT) provides an overview of terrorist activity across the EU, revealing the patterns, tactics and developments that shaped 2025. ➡️ Download the full report and discover the key findings: https://ow.ly/mBxs50ZqqNU
Summer holidays mean more free time for kids, and more of it spent gaming online. Our message to parents: get into your child's world. 🎮Gaming is where kids socialise today, and where they can also run into harmful content. Read our 9 tips for parents ➡️ https://ow.ly/pNhj50ZoX47
The conversations shaping Europe’s security are happening in Dublin. Europol is attending the Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council, where ministers and key stakeholders are discussing how to strengthen cooperation against organised crime, terrorism and other cross-border security threats.
🚨 Europol supports major operation against amphetamine producers in Germany and the Netherlands. 🔍 Coordinated raids lead to arrests and seizure of evidence in suspected multi-tonne production network. 👉 More: https://ow.ly/5rA950ZoNbX #DrugTrafficking
A new working arrangement between Frontex and Europol 🤝 Signed today, it covers information exchange under strict safeguards, a shared picture of the external borders, and joint action against migrant smuggling and other cross-border crime. 🔗 https://ow.ly/BV9o50ZolVS
🚨 5 arrests for smuggling migrants across the Bulgarian-Serbian green border. A High Value Target and two police officers among the arrestees. The suspects smuggled migrants from Türkiye via Bulgaria and Serbia towards Western European countries. 🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/RkSN50ZoaQV
🇮🇹 Italy’s leadership in the High Risk Criminal Networks EMPACT project is setting the standard for European law enforcement cooperation! ✅ 977 international investigations launched ✅ 171 joint operational action days ✅ A united front against transnational organised crime
Terrorism in Europe is entering a new phase. The latest EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT) reveals how online ecosystems are reshaping terrorism. 🔗 The report is out. Read it now: https://ow.ly/xCiY50ZmWuH #Terrorism
🚨 New EU #Terrorism Situation & Trend Report (EU TE-SAT 2026) reveals how online ecosystems are reshaping terrorism in Europe. Violence is increasingly becoming a means of gaining identity, recognition & belonging. Learn more about the trends that are reshaping terrorism: https://ow.ly/7Cp550ZmTWT
📢 Be a part of Europol's future. Join Europol as Head of the EU Drugs Unit, coordinating complex investigations across Member States and beyond. Deadline: 28 July 🔗 Apply: https://www.europol.europa.eu/work-with-us/careers/open-vacancies/vacancy/1071 #EUCareers #Hiring #LawEnforcement #Security
📢 Leave your mark. Join Europol as Head of Unit for ESOCC or ECAMS, leading a team that builds strategic partnerships and expertise to support Member States. Deadline: 28 July 🔗 Apply: https://www.europol.europa.eu/work-with-us/careers/open-vacancies/vacancy/1072 #EUCareers
📢 Protect people through your work. Join Europol to support Member States in the fight against drugs-related organised crime. Deadline: 28 July 🔗 Apply: https://www.europol.europa.eu/work-with-us/careers/open-vacancies/vacancy/1073
Save the Date! The 17th EDEN Conference on Data Protection in Law Enforcement is coming to Lisbon, 22–23 September 2026! 💡Join the event to discuss EU cloud sovereignty & data protection, violent nihilistic online networks, the role of DPOs in law enforcement and more. 🔗 https://ow.ly/uwZY50ZmlI9