Euregional Information and Expertise Center (EURIEC)

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The objective of the action is to further support a structural cross-border cooperation between partners in local administration and law enforcement in the border regions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands regarding the disruption and fight of cross border organised crime. This action follows a previous ISF-funded application to establish structural cross-border cooperation in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion. Both calls relate to the Council Conclusion 9061/16 on the administrative approach to prevent and fight serious and organised crime in which the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion has been identified as a body capable of developing such structural cross-border cooperation. The project aims to support a trilateral network where expertise is provided and further developed in concrete cooperation on cross border cases. Through structural cross-border administrative cooperation to tackle crime, the project aims to deliver evidence about the possibilities as well as the limits of such cooperation across borders. In addition to providing assistance to on-going investigations, it serves as a laboratory for a future multi-agency platform at EU level and the establishment of integrated platforms, including administrative authorities, in EU Member States.