Most episodes of this podcast talk about cases. We’ve spoken about taking down terrorist propaganda, thwarting cybercrime operations, intercepting ton after ton of drug shipments, and all kinds of other high-stakes, global, police operations.

But behind all these cases is weeks and months of analysis, research, and innovation. At Europol HQ, there are entire departments dedicated solely to finding trends and innovations that will make investigations more effective. This is one of Europol’s core services to police in the EU Member States – providing a platform for innovation, technological research, and the sharing of methods and data.

In this episode, we will look at some of the innovations that have been happening at Europol in recent years, and how these have translated into real, operational results.

Speakers:

• Julia, Head of the Operational Analysis Centre, Europol
• Danny, Investigator at Europol
• Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director of Europol

Links:

• EU Most Wanted: https://eumostwanted.eu/
• Trace an Object: https://www.europol.europa.eu/stopchildabuse
• Trace an Object Australia: https://www.accce.gov.au/what-we-do/trace-an-object
• FBI Endangered Child Alert Programme: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap