On May 7-11, 2018, representatives of the Latvian and Lithuanian Police and Border Guard visited a Kingdom of the Netherlands and Germany. During the visit, the delegation visited Europol headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands. Europol’s objective is to support and strengthen cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States by preventing and combating organized crime, terrorism and other forms of serious crime affecting two or more Member States, as well as providing strategic analysis and threat assessment.

Latvia at Europol is represented by the State Police Officer Andrejs Matīss who informed the participants of the study trip about the possibilities of Europol support, provided both methodological and material technical assistance in the investigation of criminal proceedings and operational activities in case of detection of international – cross-border crime.

Study trip is organized within the framework of the Latvian-Lithuanian program “SYNERGY FOR SECURITY”. The Latvian State Police are the lead partner of this project.

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