EU Parliament approves new powers to Europol

Record ID: 104036

  • Title: EU Parliament approves new powers to Europol
  • Date: 11th May 2016
  • Summary: THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS (FILE - FEBRUARY 1, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF EUROPOL HEADQUARTERS EU AND EUROPOL FLAGS
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2016 13:08
  • Keywords: Europol counterterrorism cybercrime security European Parliament
  • Location: STRASBOURG, FRANCE & THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS & CINEY, BELGIUM
  • City: STRASBOURG, FRANCE & THE HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS & CINEY, BELGIUM
  • Country: France
  • Topics: European Union,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0024HD69TZ
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The European Parliament on Wednesday (May 11) approved a new EU law to strengthen Europol in the fight against terrorism and organised crime, including violent online extremist activities.
    Europol is the European Union's law enforcement agency and its new powers come with strong data protection safeguards and democratic oversight tools.
    According to the regulation, Europol's Internet Referral Unit will identify and refer relevant online content towards concerned internet service providers. It will also support EU governments in operational and strategic analysis and allow the EU's judicial cooperation agency (Eurojust) to access to information stored by Europol.
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