1. Providing Framework for Success
Max-Peter Ratzel
Director of Europol
04 March 2008, Liverpool

2. Combating serious organised crime
Origin for Europol
High priority
on national agendas
on international agendas
for Europol
The Hague Programme

3. Common framework Common framework is needed for analysing OC
coherent response
common priority setting

4. Law enforcement international cooperation
Multilateral cooperation is a prerequisite, based on
common understanding
mutual trust

5. Europol - multilateral cooperation forum
Information exchange
Info-Exchange
Liaison Officers
Information storage and retrieval IS
AWF
Crime Analysis
Strategic
Operational
Training and expertise
JITs

6. Europol – links beyond EU
27 EU MS, linked to
13 partner states
7 EU institutions
3 International organisations
→ Possibility to associate partners to AWF

7. OCTA – Background Political mandate Intelligence Led Policing
The Hague Programme
Intelligence Led Policing
OCTA
→ ECIM
→ UK presidency II/2005

8. OCTA – Methodology Data collection plan Typology collating
Indicators
Facilitating factors
Regions and hubs
Data analysis
Findings
Priority setting by the JHA Council

9. OCTA – Development
OCTA 2006
OCTA 2007
OCTA 2008

10. OCTA 2006 Effective layout and content Horizontal approach to OC
Key indicators for OC groups
Horizontal approach to OC
Facilitating factors
→ Common understanding of OC across the EU

11. OCTA 2007 Complex conceptual model Clearer typology
Key indicators: OC groups perspective
Facilitating factors: criminal markets perspective
Criminal hubs: dynamic relationship between the regions
Clearer typology
Ethnic-based view  functionally oriented approach
EU-based
Non-EU based
In-between

12. OCTA 2008 New section on money laundering Three-tier level assessment
OC groups
Crime areas
Hubs
Shift of focus
Developing  applying the conceptual model
Same tools (indicators and facilitating factors)
used from the 3 complementary perspectives

13. Operation Tangelo, 2007 Investigation led by UK Customs Services
 Online OC entity engaged in ML / MTIC
Analytical and technical support by Europol
Links to AWF Smoke
Links to IR and BE operations
Europol Mobile Office set up in the UK

14. Tangelo – Results Results of the operation, November 2007
34 house searches
Arrest of 5 main targets
Seizure of evidence
Asset freezing

15. Conlusions Use Europol for data exchange
Use Europol for crime analysis
Contribute to OCTA
Implement priorities
Initiate JITs
→ Europol and Eurojust to be involved

16. Thank you for your attention
Max-Peter Ratzel
Director of Europol