This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. ePOOLICE e ARLING P URSUIT AGAINST O RGANIZED CRIME USING ENVIR O NMENTAL SCANNING THE L AW AND I NTELLIGEN CE SYSTEMS

- 1 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. 1 SECURITY RESEARCH CALL 5 (FP7-SEC ) Activity: 10.6 Security and society Area: Foresight, scenarios and security as an evolving concept Topic SEC 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 Law and IntelligenCE systems

- 2 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. 2 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

- 3 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. Indicators 3 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

- 4 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. 4 … 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.

- 5 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. Consortium CoordinatorScientific-technical Manager More partners

- 6 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. Work Package Structure 6

- 7 - This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved. Management Structure 7

This project has received funding from European Union Seventh Framework Programme FP7/ under grant agreement nº FP7-SEC No part of this website may be used, reproduced and/or disclosed in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the ePOOLICE project partners. © 2013 – All rights reserved.