While organised crime and terrorist (OCT) groups are often at the forefront of technological innovation for planning, executing and concealing their criminal activities, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) lag behind when tackling criminal activities. On 20-21 June 2018, researchers from 16 different organisations (from law enforcement, academia, industry, legal, ethics and privacy committees) in 13 European countries met in Madrid to launch the EU-funded COPKIT project which aims to create an intelligence and knowledge ecosystem for LEAs, in order to support prevention, investigation and mitigation in the context of the fight against OCT organisations.
“To be able to act earlier, earlier and better knowledge and intelligence are required. That’s why we will develop a toolkit supporting the Early Warning (EW)/Early Action (EA) methodology and enabling LEAs to stay ahead of the curve of new developments in the use of technology by organised crime and terrorism groups,” says Ms Pastor. EW explains how crimes are evolving, identifying “weak signals”, warnings, new trends, and forms a basis for assisting decision-makers, at both strategic and operational levels, in order to develop EA (preparedness, mitigation, prevention and other security policies).
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