THE STRUCTURE AND THE PURPOSE OF CREATING EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICE (EUROPOL)
THE STRUCTURE AND THE PURPOSE OF CREATING EUROPEAN POLICE OFFICE (EUROPOL)

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of creating Europol was to improve police cooperation in the field of organised crime at international level. Europol's objectives are to improve the effectiveness of the competent services of the Member States and cooperation in preventing and combating terrorism, drug trafficking and other serious forms of international crime where there are indications that a criminal structure or organisation exists and where two or more Member States are affected by these forms of crime in a way which, by reason of the scale, seriousness and consequences of the offences, requires joint action by the Member States.Organised crime can essentially be defined as that international criminal segment to which relate illegal activities, capable of seriously affecting certain sectors of economic, social and political life in two or more countries, carried out by various methods and means, in a constant, planned and conspiratorial manner, by associations of individuals, with a well-defined internal hierarchy, specialised structures and self-defence mechanisms, in order to obtain illicit profits at particularly high levels. Two main characteristics of the concept of organised crime emerge from the definition:a. The degree of social danger of the illegal activities carried out by this criminal segment can seriously affect certain sectors of economic, social and business life.b. The constant, organised, planned and well-conspired conduct of these criminal activities carried out in several States.

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