Description
The free movement of goods and persons within the Schengen area determine the necessity to ensure and maintain a high level of safety. So far actions in this respect have focussed on border zone regions, but the freedom in the Schengen zone is not only limited to these areas. The purpose of the project is to increase the effectiveness of institutions appointed to detect and sanction trafficking in human beings, improve the flow of data in the SIS, enhance the effectiveness of combating smuggling as well as actions in cross-border surveillance and coordination of pursuit activities. The project includes 2 conferences, 3 training seminars, 3 specialist trainings and intervoivodeship trainings in staff and preventive organisation and coordination within the scope of surveillance and cross-border hot pursuit for officers and observers from 6 Police garrisons, the National Police Headquarters and other protection of public safety services, NGO’s protecting human rights and foreign observers.
Summary of project results
The project "Drakkar" Polish-Norwegian course for the security of the Schengen area" has been performed as a cooperation of Regional Police Headquarters in Lodz, Cracow and Poznan. It was dedicated to the Police to enhance skills of: prevention, counteracting and detecting cross border and organized crime including trafficking in human beings and itinerant criminal groups. During conferences, seminars and trainings the Police and invited guests (including guests from EU Member States) have gained the knowledge of counteracting trafficking in human beings, drug trafficking, vehicle crimes, circulation of goods illegally placed on the Schengen Zone customs territory. They also gathered and improved skills of SIS system functioning as well as tracing and freezing assets gained illegally as a result of crimes. By trainings of anti-terrorists forces, police officers evaluate the ability of rapid reactions, during cross-border pursuits, with use of dynamic stopping a vehicle. The support of NFM resulted in 700 officers joining practical trainings and courses that have improved skills of preventing and fighting against cross border and organized crime including trafficking in human beings. Within the framework of the Project several actions have been set out: - Initial Conference - 3 training seminars referred to officers of criminal and prevention divisions, that have been organized in the police headquarters and devoted to many training subjects, - Practical Training in Mazovian Voivodship from 6 October 2015 to 9 October 2015 improving the ability of cross-border surveillance and coordination of pursuit actions, - Final Conference
Summary of bilateral results