The place and role of Europol in international police cooperation

Abstract

It is pointed out in the introduction that parallel to the economic joining of the European Union member states there has been a development of judicial and police cooperation among countries. Free movement of people, goods and capital, the abolition of borders and liberal policies in the field of immigration, visas and asylum have put to the fore the need for better international police cooperation in the fight against trans-border and other forms of crime. In the central part there is a presentation of EUROPOL and its objectives, tasks, legal framework, subjects and forms of cooperation. The final section gives a brief overview of the cooperation with other international organizations, as sets out the concluding remarks.

U uvodu rada ukazano je na činjenicu da su se, paralelno s ekonomskim povezivanjem država članica Evropske unije, razvijale i pravosudna i policijska saradnja zemalja. Slobodan protok ljudi, roba i kapitala, ukidanje granica i liberalna politika u oblasti imigracija, viza i azila, istakli su u prvi plan potrebu bolje međunarodne policijske saradnje u borbi protiv prekograničnog i drugih oblika kriminala. U centralnom delu sledi izlaganje o Evropolu i njegovim ciljevima, zadacima, pravnim okvirima, subjektima i vidovima saradnje. U poslednjem delu je dat kratak osvrt na saradnju sa drugim međunarodnim organizacijama, dok su na kraju izneta zaključna razmatranja.