Tuesday, June 25, 2013
D1.18A (Oudemanhuispoort)
From the outset of the external dimension of the European Union (EU)’s Justice and Home Affairs, much literature has been dedicated to discussing how the EU is cooperating with non-member states to counter problems such as terrorism, organized crime and illegal migration. According to the EU, the degree of security interconnectedness has become so relevant that threats can only be effectively controlled if there is actual concerted regional action. This reasoning has led the EU to develop a number of instruments, which have resulted in the exporting of certain elements of its Justice and Home Affairs policies, either through negotiation or socialization. Little scholarship exists on the externalization of knowledge, practices and norms in the area of organized crime. At the same time, the field of EU organized crime policies has undergone a very interesting evolution with the gradual adoption of more proactive approaches of policing, grounded on risk- based methodologies and an intelligence- led paradigm. The paper explores the exportation of EU organized crime approaches and develops a comparative analysis of 3 agreements signed between Europol and third States. These findings will be used to complement existing knowledge on how the EU is disseminating its understanding, and consequently its practices, on organized crime abroad.
