Its origin goes back to the foundation of the European Police Office by the Europol Convention, which set the legal basis for the establishment of a “computerized information system” (Title II, Article 7), into which EU Member States could directly input data in compliance with their national procedures, and into which Europol could directly input data supplied by third parties… Read More
Celebrating 20 years of the Europol Information System
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