Google Chrome Theme for EUROPOL. The 2016 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA)This is a EUROPOL Theme for Google Chrome. Europol is the European Union’s law enforcement agency. Their main goal is to achieve a safer Europe for the benefit of all EU citizens. Europol supports law enforcement authorities throughout the EU on crime fighting activities in all its mandated areas (as detailed in the European Council Decision establishing the European Police Office, as our agency is officially called).
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Headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, we assist the 28 EU Member States in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism. We also work with many non-EU partner states and international organisations.
Large-scale criminal and terrorist networks pose a significant threat to the internal security of the EU. Terrorism, cybercrime and people smuggling, to name just a few, pose a severe threat to the safety and livelihood of its people. The biggest security threats come from:
terrorism;
international drug trafficking and money laundering;
organised fraud;
the counterfeiting of euros;
people smuggling.