Bonus episode: 25 years of putting people at the centre
The Europol Podcast
Europol
4.6 • 7 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
This bonus episode of The Europol Podcast marks the Agency’s 25th anniversary and was recorded during a panel discussion held at Europol HQ.
What has changed in the law enforcement landscape since Europol started out as the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation?
In this episode, we take you on a journey through Europol’s history, from 1999 – today, as told by those at the helm of the organisation.
You will hear from Jürgen Storbeck, Max-Peter Ratzel, Sir Rob Wainwright and our Executive Director Catherine De Bolle, on the biggest cases of their time, and how Europol became the nerve centre of criminal intelligence that it is today.
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| 0:00.0 | The trust we have built over the past 25 years is a precious commodity that must be preserved. |
| 0:13.2 | Trust between law enforcement organizations is especially paramount as no single agency, |
| 0:21.9 | no single country, however powerful, |
| 0:25.3 | can address organized crime and terrorism alone. |
| 0:31.2 | This is why we must continue to build our long-standing efforts |
| 0:36.4 | and progress in international police cooperation, |
| 0:40.7 | because every operation we undertake, every partnership we forge, and every innovation we embrace |
| 0:49.7 | is ultimately aimed at ensuring the safety and the security of our communities. |
| 0:58.0 | This special edition of the Europol podcast marks our 25th anniversary. |
| 1:05.0 | After 25 years of work in making and keeping Europe safe, |
| 1:10.0 | we can say that at the heart of every innovative organization |
| 1:13.2 | it is people. That's why this episode of Europol's podcast hones in on key players and decision |
| 1:22.2 | makers at the crux of this EU agency. We will draw from the experience to find out what the future might hold for law enforcement. |
| 1:30.3 | Key to this future is how we can make sure policing always maintains a human-centric approach |
| 1:37.3 | in the area of not only AI, artificial intelligence, but also quantum technology. |
| 1:49.4 | And when I look at the difference today that the president of the commission of Salavander Lyons says we want to double the staff of Europol, we made big steps forward. |
| 1:55.5 | And I'm very happy with it. |
| 1:56.6 | A lot of difficult cases to the credit of Europol officials and all the member states that were working and our third parties. |
| 2:04.6 | And as I reflect now on those cases, so much work, so much fantastic work that goes behind. |
| 2:09.6 | We have to make sure that we keep the human aspect of policing alive. |
| 2:15.6 | Europol is quite in a good stage now and that further development can be foreseen also politically |
| 2:22.2 | and I can only congratulate you and I think this is in right direction. |
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