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EU to create Anti-money-laundering authority
In July 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for the establishment of a new EU body to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Proposal was part of a legislative package aimed at implementing the 2020 action plan for the Union's comprehensive...
ICA Webinar: CPTED for architects
On Saturday, May 13 The International Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Association (ICA) hosted a webinar introducing the concept of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) for architects. The webinar presented CPTED in detail and was...
The Czech Office for the Protection of Personal Data has published its annual report for the year 2022
The Office for Personal Data Protection has published an annual report that provides comprehensive information on all aspects of its activities in 2022. The annual report initially emphasizes the dynamic development of information and communication technologies,...
Guidelines on personal data breach notification under GDPR
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is an independent European body that contributes to the uniform application of data protection rules across the EU and promotes cooperation between EU data protection authorities. It is established by the General Data...
Development of European Union Cyber Security Certification
EU certification is a tool that allows product vendors and service providers to demonstrate and promote the cybersecurity of their solutions. The aim of the development of cybersecurity certification at the EU level is to harmonize the recognition of the level of...
Net-Zero Industry Act
With its proposal from March 16, 2023 the European Commission wants to make the European Union a base for the production of clean technologies and green jobs. This proposal is part of the EU industrial plan and aims primarily to strengthen the resilience and...
European Parliament’s position on the data act
Data is essential for the innovation of businesses and public authorities. for example, for learning algorithms and building smart cities. However, most industrial data remains unused or its value is concentrated in the hands of a relatively small number of large...
Update of the European Union rules for urban waste water treatment
As part of the European Green Deal, the EC submitted a proposal in October 2022 to revise the directive on urban wastewater treatment within the EU. This directive dates back to 1991 and serves as a tool to achieve the objectives of the EU water policy, but it needs...
Horizon Europe – Civil security for society
On December 6, 2022, the European Commission published an overview of calls for the Horizon Europe program for the years 2023 and 2024 in Cluster 3 - Civil Security for Society. In this area, 42 calls with a total budget of almost 320 million Euros were created for...
EU security market study
Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs of European Commission has published an extensive study on the EU security market, with the aim of better understanding the EU civilian security market and its dynamics. The study will serve as a benchmarking tool...
Crowd science as a potential scientific discipline?
Our colleague doc. Mgr. Oldřich Krulík, Ph.D. published a study on the topic - Crowd science as a potential scientific discipline? To the specialist journal of the Population Protection Institute of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic – The science for...
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities
Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on the resilience of critical entities states that in the EU economy, critical entities, as providers of basic services, have an indispensable role in maintaining vital social...
Unpacking ‘commercial surveillance’: The state of tracking
The Research Service of the European Parliament has published a report on the current situation of the collection and use of information of social networks and mobile applications users, with a particular focus on Google, Meta and Amazon. Data collection and analysis...
Environmental crime – Financial interests of the European Union, economic recovery and the objectives of the Green Deal
Recent developments under the European Green Deal have focused on criminalization and re-engineering of regulatory frameworks to address environmental crime and its impact on the EU's financial interests. An extensive study on this issue was prepared by the Topic...
EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report
Europol's annual report on the situation and trends in the field of terrorism contains statistical data, describes the main developments and trends related to the situation in the field of terrorism in the EU in 2021. It is based on verified qualitative and...
Opinion of the European Parliament on the proposal for a directive on the prevention and punishment of environmental crime in the European Union
In June of this year, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a fundamental amendment to Directive 2008/99/EC concerning environmental protection through criminal law. In order to improve the effectiveness of the investigation and prosecution of criminal...
British police plan to use behavioral data to stop ‘potential offenders’ from committing crime
UK police intend to use data on previous behavior to stop 'potential offenders' from committing crime. On this issue, current reports in the British media quote the Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, who announced that the force under his...
Certification of Methodology for the Protection of Public Social Events in Czech republic
19/09/2022 The Ministry of the Interior – General Directorate of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic issued a certification certificate for the Methodology for the Protection of a Public Social Event. This methodology is the result of the project...
Reducing the Impact of Crime – Experiences from Manchester
Design for Security is a crime prevention consultancy based at Greater Manchester Police. It practice specializes in design-led crime prevention in the built environment. It is a small team of professionals with experience in the planning, architecture, landscape...
The European Union implements innovations in the prevention, investigation and mitigation of the effects of petty crime
In the fight against crime, the European Union applies the project Cutting Crime Impact (CCI), which aims to enable law enforcement authorities and security policy makers to adopt a preventive, evidence-based and sustainable approach to solving petty crimes with a...
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