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Strengthening national capacities in the area of international police cooperation and combating crime

General Inspectorate of Romanian Police ·Romania

€8.9m
Grant awarded
Home Affairs
Programme
12 March 2020
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About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif">The project aims at increasing the operational support for police activities in partnership with Norwegian Police, as well as the operational capacities to improve the effectiveness of the police system, particularly in the area of trafficking of human beings, economic crimes and combating itinerant crime. The project will enhance the bilateral operational cooperation between the police in Norway and Romania.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">The project will, inter alia, include the following main activities:&nbsp;</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Modernisation of and increased capacity of the national fingerprinting system AFIS; </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Deployment of Romanian Police officers to Norway; &nbsp;</span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Deployment of Norwegian Police officers to Romania; </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Training and capacity building with introduction of new measures and methodology through bilateral workshops, seminars and sharing of best practises; </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Improved access to updated equipment in the use of investigation; </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Awareness raising campaigns with the aim of preventing crime, including trafficking of human beings; </span></span></span></li> <li style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif"><span style="color: #000000">Rehabilitation/construction of training facilities and specialiced training of Romanian police staff in countering trafficking and organized crime.&nbsp;</span></span></span></li> </ul>

Bilateral cooperation results

Joint missions between Romanian and Norwegian police officers proved highly effective in investigating cross-border crimes, enabling direct collaboration, information sharing and synchronized investigative methods. Expert exchanges, workshops and training sessions further enhanced officers' skills in investigating organized crime, combating human trafficking and utilizing modern technology in police operations. This collaboration in PDP2 project led to a significant increase in investigative capacity, improved operational efficiency and a higher number of cooperatively investigated cases. The exchange of operational information and strategies facilitated better documentation of criminal activities, suspect identification and capture and enhanced legal and operational support for case resolution.

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