Europol

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Predecessor	Europol Drugs Unit
Formation	1999
Headquarters	The Hague, Netherlands
Leader	Europol/Executive Director
Subgroups	European Counter Terrorism Centre
Staff	912
Interests	Crime, illegal drug trade, human trafficking, terrorism, cyberterrorism, ritual abuse
A European watered-down version of the FBI. No executive powers, and can't arrest anyone without the approval of governments. "Sets up and coordinates cross-border operations against the most dangerous criminal groups in the EU" - such as people who express unwanted opinions online.

According to Europol, less than 1% of "terrorist" incidents in Europe are by Islamic terrorists. Sociology professor David Miller has suggested that arms of the UK government such as MI5 are deliberately encouraging hatred of Muslims through such documents and through information provided to the commercially-controlled media.

History

Europol was formerly^[When?] known as the European Police Office and Europol Drugs Unit.

Activities

Europol, in its own words "sets up and coordinates cross-border operations against the most dangerous criminal groups in the EU."

"Hate speech"

In 2020 Europol coordinated raids in several countries focused on people who made posts on the internet that they claimed promoted racism and xenophobia.

Declarations

Europol named Dutch city Rotterdam along with Belgian city Antwerp as the key harbours for cocaine trafficking in 2020.