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ePOOLICE

eARLING PURSUIT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME USING

ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING THE LAW AND INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS

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SECURITY RESEARCH CALL 5 (FP7-SEC-2012-1)

Activity: 10.6 Security and society

Area: 10.6.3 Foresight, scenarios and security as an evolving concept

Topic SEC-2012.6.3-1 Developing an efficient and effective environmental scanning system as part of the early warning system for the detection of emerging organized crime threats (Capability Project)

early Pursuit against Organized crime using envirOnmental

scanning, the Lawand IntelligenCE systems

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To conduct research into technologically, actor-driven systems and tools which support environmental scanning to enable the rapid identification

and qualification of new Organized Crime threats.

To scan the environment to feed new and emerging threats into the serious and organized crime threat assessment processes.

To identify a combination of technological resources and human actors that serves to improve the process of detecting and selecting new OC

threats that warrant EU level analysis and EU-wide responses.

ePOOLICE Objectives

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Indicators

Different types of Indicators significant enough to detect cells that can end in new Organized Crime threat.

The focus is in the early warning.

There should be a study about these indicators and their prioritisation.

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… the process of detecting and selecting new Organized Crime threats at EU level,

… the effectiveness of the end-users (LEAs, criminological institutes and private businesses),

… the strategic decision makers to counterbalance detected upcoming threats before they materialize,

… the understanding of the technologies and trends, leading to the strategic planning into security issues

of all stakeholders.

Improving …

To warrant EU level analysis and EU-wide responses.

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ConsortiumCoordinator Scientific-technical Manager

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Work PackageStructure

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Management Structure

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