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    THE EU POLICY CYCLE TO TACKLE

    ORGANISED AND SERIOUS


    INTERNATIONAL CRIME
    THE EU POLICY CYCLE TO TACKLE
    ORGANISED AND SERIOUS
    INTERNATIONAL CRIME

    The policy cycle is a methodology adopted in 2010 by the European


    Union to address the most important criminal threats affecting
    the EU. Each cycle lasts four years and optimises coordination
    and cooperation on chosen crime priorities. The criminal threats
    are identified on the basis of
    criminal intelligence and
    then agreed at political
    level. During the cycle,
    all concerned services
    and stakeholders,
    at national and EU
    level, are invited to
    allocate resources
    and mutually
    reinforce efforts.
    Emerging threats
    are also monitored so
    that they can effectively
    be responded to.
    POLICY CYCLE STEPS

    Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA)

    Europol delivers the SOCTA based on data from member states’ (MS)
    law enforcement authorities, its own databases, data from other EU
    agencies such as Frontex, Eurojust and EMCDDA, from Europol third
    partner countries and third private partners, as well as data from
    open sources. The SOCTA contains:
    • an analysis of the present and future threats posed by serious and
    organised crime to the EU,
    • a set of recommended crime priorities.

    Choice of crime priorities and Multi-Annual Strategic Plans


    (MASPs)

    The Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal


    security (COSI) examines the SOCTA recommended priorities.
    On that basis, the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers in the
    Council adopt the EU crime priorities for that policy cycle (i.e. for
    the next four years) taking into account comments from member
    states, agencies and the Commission, as well as other relevant
    assessments and policies.

    Subsequently, the Commission convenes a meeting of representatives


    from the member states, the JHA agencies and EU institutions to draft
    a four-year multi-annual strategic plan (one MASP per priority and a
    general horizontal MASP to strengthen the consistency and facilitate
    the MASP drafting). The MASP contains a list of general objectives
    (‘strategic goals’) that should be achieved during the cycle. These
    MASPs are approved by COSI.
    Operational Action Plans (OAPs) and Drivers reporting

    The MASPs are implemented by Operational Action Plans (OAPs),


    usually one per priority and per year. They are drafted by representa-
    tives of the participating member states, EU institutions and agen-
    cies. These OAPS are approved by COSI.

    The OAPs include joint member states/agencies actions, but also


    agencies’ actions and national actions. The joint actions are carried
    out as EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal
    Threats) projects. This framework provides a structured cooperation
    platform for the relevant member states, EU institutions and agencies,
    as well as third partners.

    The implementation of each OAP is led by a ‘Driver’ from the mem-


    ber state volunteering to lead the priority and the implementation is
    overseen at national level by National EMPACT Coordinators (NECs).

    The EMPACT Support Team (EST) at Europol provides administrative


    and logistical support to the crime priorities. Europol also designates
    EMPACT Support Managers to ensure operational support to all
    crime priorities.

    COSI approves the OAPs and will monitor their implementation on


    the basis of a six monthly reporting by the Drivers via the EST.

    Commission review and interim assessment

    Annual reporting by the Drivers and an interim assessment by


    Europol provide opportunities to adapt/modify the MASPs, or
    the priorities if necessary. COSI also carries out both a mid-term
    and final assessment of the results of the actions to measure the
    achievement of the strategic goals with a view to improving
    the operational implementation. The Commission conducts a
    thorough and independent evaluation at the end of the policy
    cycle. The lessons learnt from this evaluation serve as input for
    the next policy cycle.
    2018–2021 EU CRIME PRIORITIES (adopted in May 2017)

    DISRUPTING
    • Cybercrime in particular attacks against information systems,
    child sexual exploitation, and non-cash payment fraud.
    • Production, trafficking and distribution of cannabis, cocaine,
    heroin.
    • Production, trafficking and distribution of new psychoactive
    substances and synthetic drugs.
    • Facilitation of illegal immigration by providing facilitation services
    to irregular migrants along the main migratory routes crossing
    the external border of the EU and within the EU, particularly
    focussing on those whose methods endanger people’s lives,
    those offering their services online and making use of document
    fraud as part of their business model.
    • Organised property crime committed by highly mobile organ-
    ised crime groups carrying out organised thefts and burglaries
    across the EU.
    • Trafficking in human beings in the EU for all forms of exploitation,
    including sexual and labour exploitation as well as all forms of
    child trafficking.
    • Excise fraud and Missing Trader Intra Community (MTIC) fraud.
    • Illicit trafficking, distribution and use of firearms.
    • Environmental crime, more particularly wildlife and illicit waste
    trafficking.
    • Criminal finances and money laundering and facilitate asset
    recovery.
    • Document fraud in the EU, in particular organised crime groups
    involved in the production and provision of fraudulent and false
    documents to other criminals.

    REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

    Available on the Council website using the document numbers


    below:

    www.consilium.europa.eu > Documents & Publications

    • Council conclusions on setting the EU’s priorities for the fight


    against organised and serious international crime between 2018
    and 2021 (doc 9450/17)
    • Council Conclusions on the continuation of the EU Policy Cycle
    for organised and serious international crime for the period 2018-
    2021 (doc 7704/17)
    • EU Policy Cycle Terms of Reference (doc 10544/2/17 REV 2)
    Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175
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    Tel. +32 (0)2 281 61 11
    www.consilium.europa.eu

    Contacts:
    For communication with Europol in relation to EMPACT
    projects, use the following address:
    empact@europol.europa.eu

    For all communication with the General Secretariat of


    the Council use the following address:
    cosi@consilium.europa.eu

    More information available on:


    http://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-fight-
    against-organised-crime-2018-2021/
    © European Union, 2018

    ISBN 978-92-824-6494-6
    doi:10.2860/041248
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