Standard version en EUROPA European Commission Justice and Home Affairs EU Forum on Organised Crime Prevention Introducing Organised crime Structures and bodies Human beings (trafficking) ... Enlargement Format for printing Prevention forum- European Commission A forum on organised crime prevention exists at European Union level National law enforcement authorities, business and professional groups, academic researchers, non governmental organisations and civil society as a whole take part in the forum on organised crime prevention which was created at European Union level in 2001, to discuss new approaches in preventing organised crime. The European Union has also created a financial programme called Hippokrates to fund EU-wide prevention projects. Crime in Europe has been growing since the 1960s, despite considerably increased budgets dedicated to crime repression. In fact new forms of criminality have appeared as a result of globalisation and the boom in new technologies. Child pornography on the Internet and worldwide money laundering are two examples of this trend. Article 29 of the Treaty on European Union refers to the prevention of crime, organised or otherwise, as one means of achieving the Union's objective of providing citizens with a high level of safety within an area of freedom, security and justice. Building on the success of | |
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