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🙌 Today is Portugal's National Day!

Best wishes from to all our Portuguese partners and followers!

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📌 Alerts in the Schengen Information System are an important tool for tracking and protecting across Europe.

✅On 17 June, in our , organised by the Knowledge Centre on law enforcement cooperation, information exchange and interoperability, learn how you can effectively use such alerts in missing persons investigations and preventive procedures.

Our aim is to enhance the use of Schengen Information System (SIS) functionalities, improving cross-border cooperation and ensuring high-quality data sharing for immediate, coordinated action.

More here: link.europa.eu/C7nDVX

🛡️Strengthening capacity to conduct structured OSINT investigations across complex online environments.

✅Between 20 April and 15 May, 60 law enforcement professionals from 24 EU Member States, 1 associated country, 4 candidate countries and 2 international organisations attended our course on advanced techniques for OSINT collection and analysis, delivered in cooperation with OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Participants enhanced their ability to collect, assess, corroborate, analyse, and present open-source information in a professional and operationally secure manner.The training also addressed key legal, ethical, human rights, and data protection considerations, including the responsible use of AI in OSINT-related activities.

🙌 Congratulations to our participants on completing the training! We wish them every success in their future OSINT investigations.

🇪🇺 EMPACT Drivers, Action Leaders, and representatives from EU Member States and organisations using the Internal Security Fund (ISF), are invited to our on 10 June, at 10AM CEST.

By the end of this training activity, the audience will be able to:
🔹Summarise the “Union Action EMPACT” (under the ISF Thematic Facility Work Programme 2023-2027)
🔹Outline the rules governing the funds
🔹Explain the process of applying for, managing, and reporting of the funds

Register here ➡️link.europa.eu/RC9FFh