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Europol's 800 staff deal with around 9,000 cases each year (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

EU wants stronger police agency

The EU police agency in The Hague, Europol, is to see its powers expand and its performance put under stronger oversight under a European Commission proposal set out on Wednesday (27 March).

The draft regulation would require member states to feed the agency more data and to enhance their co-operation in cross-border crimes and investigations.

“The EU needs an effective and cost-efficient agency to help member states fight serious cross-border crime and terrorism,” EU commissione...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Europol's 800 staff deal with around 9,000 cases each year (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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