Transcript Supporting the EU Pact on Drug Trafficking: Cocaine & Heroin

Supporting the EU Pact on Drug
Trafficking:
Cocaine & Heroin
European
Criminal
Record
Information
System
“I intend to make use of the prerogatives of the
Commission to uphold, within our field of competence, our
shared values, the rule of law and fundamental rights,
while taking due account of the diversity of constitutional
and cultural traditions of the 28 Member States”
President Juncker – EU Commission
The EPDT Project Overview
• Analyse bulk criminal record data from across the EU to
map drug trafficking.
• Specifically focusing on mapping Heroin and Cocaine
trafficking routes within the EU.
• EU funded project.
Project Objectives
The project has three key objectives:
1.
Evaluate how criminal records across the EU can be
utilised to support an EU Pact on international drug
trafficking.
2.
Develop an IT Tool that enables analysis of criminal
records to continue once the project expires.
3.
Identify how existing co-operation mechanisms can be
enhanced by to combat international drug trafficking.
Work Streams
The project has two main work streams:
1.
Research and Analysis of criminal records data to identify
international drug trafficking trends.
2.
Implement an IT capability to efficiently extract offence
and conviction data from ACRO systems.
Co-beneficiaries
EPDT is currently being driven by 4 countries:
How does the Project work?
Data Analysis Questionnaire
Summary of Key Questions:
• Do you record offence location?
• Do you record specific offence information?
• Can you export your criminal record information?
Phase 1 Data: ECRIS
ECRIS Data for the 5 Common Crime Categories for Drug Convictions:
1.
Offences related to drugs or precursors, and other offences against
public health.
2.
Offences related to illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances and precursors not exclusively for own personal
consumption.
3.
Illicit consumption of drugs and their acquisition, possession,
manufacture or production exclusively for own personal
consumption.
4.
Aiding or inciting others to use narcotic drugs or psychotropic
substances illicitly.
5.
The manufacture or production of narcotic drugs not exclusively for
personal consumption.
Notifications Out Data Request Heading
Example
Notifications sent by (Insert your country) to EU MS for drug offences in 2013:
Number of
notifications
Sent To
ECRIS
code
6
GB
0700 00
2
LV
0700 00
1
PL
0700 00
1
AT
0700 00
7
ES
0700 00
27
FR
0701 00
10
PL
0701 00
1
FI
0701 00
1
GB
0701 00
4
LV
0701 00
7
FR
0702 00
36
GB
0702 00
3
LV
0702 00
2
LV
0704 00
1
GB
0704 00
Title of ECRIS category
Offences related to drugs or precursors, and
other offences against public health
TOTAL - 17
Offences related to illicit trafficking in narcotic
drugs, psychotropic substances and precursors
not exclusively for own personal consumption
TOTAL - 43
Illicit consumption of drugs and their acquisition,
possession,
manufacture
or
production
exclusively for own personal consumption
TOTAL - 46
Manufacture or production of narcotic drugs not
exclusively for personal consumption
TOTAL - 3
TOTAL (ALL CATEGORIES) - 109
Analysis
UK ECRIS Statistics
• 65,000 ‘Notifications Out’ in total
• 8,000 notification offences (5 Drug Categories)
• 2,000 notification offences relate to
\\\\Cocaine and Heroin
What Next?
What do the EPDT Team need?
• Your Help
• Member State ECRIS Contacts
• Cocaine and Heroin Conviction Data
Summary
• The project will analyse and share drug trafficking results
with co-beneficiaries.
• The development of the IT analysis tool will enable cobeneficiaries to conduct their own analysis of criminal record
data.
• Exchange your contact details with the EPDT Team.
• Provide the EPDT project with ECRIS Data.
• Funding to assist co-beneficiaries with data extraction.
Questions?
[email protected]
Heroin Trafficking Route
*UN Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report 2010