Organised crime and drug trafficking
Funds projects that help law enforcement dismantle organised crime networks and fight drug production and trafficking across EU borders.
Funded projects are expected to strengthen law enforcement's capacity to trace complex money-laundering schemes and illicit goods flows, improve cross-border cooperation and information-sharing with key third countries and, where possible, the private sector, and improve how victims of crime are detected, referred and protected during cross-border operations. Applicants pick one or more of six pri…
The Internal Security Fund wants projects that dismantle and disrupt organised criminal networks and tackle drug production and trafficking, addressing priorities from the EU Drugs Strategy. Six priority areas are in scope: improving intelligence on criminal networks, cross-border investigations, financial investigations, crime-prevention and anti-infiltration measures, capabilities against drug production and trafficking, and EU/national preparedness against drug-related security threats. Applications should address one, and ideally several, of these priorities.
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