3 Amendments of Morten PETERSEN related to 2019/2088(DEC)
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. EmphasisUnderlines the important role of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (‘Europol’ or ‘the Agency’) in assisting Member States with criminal investigations, and welcomes the growing role of the agency in fighting organised crime across Europe;
Amendment 6 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Notes that the number of operations that Europol supported grew from 1496 in 2017 to 1748 in 2018 (+16.8%), that the operational meetings funded by Europol increased from 403 in 2017 to 427 in 2018 (5.9%) and that the Joint Investigation Teamhighlights the importance and the added value of Europol in the fight against organised crime across Europe, in particular of the Joint Investigation Teams (JITs); takes note, in that regard, that the JITs supported by Europol increased from 64 in 2017 to 93 in 2018 (+45%), with 27 of these requiring coordination amongst more than 20 countries;1 _________________ 1 https://www.europol.europa.eu/sites/defaul t/files/documents/europolinbrief2019.pdf
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. Underlines the importance of adequate funding and resources for Europol JITs, considering the above sharp increases in activity levels;