EUROPOL, EUROJUST and FRONTEX
To: Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security (COSI)
No. prev. doc.: 8849/10 JAI 323 COSI 21 + COR 1
Subject: The Joint Report by EUROPOL, EUROJUST and FRONTEX on the State of Internal Security in the EU
Organised crime is growing in scale and sophistication, responsible for sustaining a buoyant international trade in illicit drugs and other commodities, propagating dangerous new threats across the Internet, and generating exceptionally high criminal profits;
The affluent consumer base and open business environment of the EU makes the region particularly vulnerable. The high numbers of illicit drug users and trafficked victims in the EU, and the multi-billion Euro industry in organised fraud, are among many indicators of the widespread impact on our society of organised crime;
The number of terrorist attacks in the EU is declining but both violent separatist groups and Islamist extremists remain active and pose a clear threat to internal security. The threat of a mass casualty terrorist attack remains very real; (pdf at euro-police.noblogs.org)
