Cybercrime

The National Police of the Netherlands consists of 10 Regional Units, the Central Unit and the Police Services Centre. The five-member Force Command has its own support section (Commissioner’s Staff). Each Unit is managed by a Chief Constable, and consists of districts divided into Frontline Teams. Each team provides basic police services in a municipality, part of a large municipality, or cluster of smaller ones. The teams, consisting of Constables and Senior Constables, neighbourhood police officers, detectives and one or more team chiefs, are responsible for ensuring that the neighbourhood, town or region is a safe and pleasant environment to live in. They answer calls for emergency assistance, patrol the streets, advise on crime prevention, resolve traffic-related issues,
conduct basic investigative activities, assist the public, process official reports and share information within their networks.

The Dutch Institute for Technology, Safety & Security (DITSS) started in March 2012 as a start-up Non-Profit foundation founded by several governmental and research organizations. Currently (June 2020) it grew to a scale up Non-Profit organization with approximately 35 employees, seconded by the organizations represented in the DITSS supervisory board (from Dutch National Police, Safety Regions, several Municipalities and Universities) or assigned natural persons working under contract.
The Dutch National Police assigned from its staff a DITSS director, Leon Verver. Under his leadership, a strategy was developed with the focus on the following Safety & Security themes:
- Information guided Safety and Security: Sensing, Cyber Security, (Artificial) Intelligence, IoT
- Mobility and safety: Self-driving vehicles, sensing systems, crowd control
- Resilient Secure Society: Awareness building, social innovations for social cohesion.

TNO is one of the major research and technology organisations in Europe. With a staff of 3200 and an annual turnover of 530 million Euros, TNO is carrying out research in order to achieve impact on the following five domains: Industry; Healthy Living; Defence, Safety & Security; Energy; and Living Environment. TNO functions as an intermediary between basic research organisations and industry. By translating scientific knowledge into practical applications, TNO contributes to strengthening the innovation capacity of businesses and government.
TNO is involved in many international projects (about 30% of the market turnover), including EU-funded collaborations, be it research or service contracts, for the European Commission, the European Parliament or European agencies.

The College of Policing was established in 2012 as the professional body for everyone who works for the police service in England and Wales. The purpose of the College is to provide those working in policing with the skills and knowledge necessary to prevent crime, protect the public, and secure public trust.

The UK Home Office is a ministerial department with 35,000 staff, responsible for Home Affairs within the UK. It is the lead government department for immigration and passports, borders, drugs policy, crime, fire, counterterrorism and police. The department keeps the UK safe through three strands of policy and operational delivery covering; Homeland Security, Public Safety and Borders Immigration and Citizenship.
Home Office Science has a vibrant science and technology programme that supports the delivery of Home Office priorities through the commissioning of science and technology projects focussed on public safety. The HO Science Commissioning Hub works with policy-makers and end-users to identify the policy and operational challenges
which are converted into thematic science and technology development programmes.

CENTRIC (Centre of Excellence in Terrorism, Resilience, Intelligence & Organised Crime Research) is a multidisciplinary, security-focused research centre located at Sheffield Hallam University. The strategic aim of CENTRIC is to develop and facilitate the collaboration between four key stakeholders in the security domain: Citizens, Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA’s), Industry and Academia. Consequently, CENTRIC is able to provide solutions to some of Europe’s most pressing contemporary security challenges through the delivery of ground-breaking research, advanced technological capabilities, professional expertise and training. CENTRIC builds on over six years of work by a range of colleagues across government, academia and the private sector. The CENTRIC team has experience of more than 20 independent, EU, and International research projects.

The State Police of Latvia is a State direct administration institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Latvia, which in accordance with its competency, is responsible for the implementation of the State policy in the field of combating crime and the protection of public order and safety, as well as in the field of protection of the rights and freedoms and the legitimate interests of persons. State Police is financed by the state budget of the Republic of Latvia.

The Belgian integrated police is structured on two levels, the Federal Police and 184 local police zones. Although both levels are autonomous, they cooperate to perform an integrated police function. The Belgian Federal is a police force of the Kingdom of Belgium. It carries out specialised and supra-local administrative and judicial police operations - and has approximately 12,300 officers and civilian personnel.
The Federal Police comprises three general directorates, the General Directorate of Administrative Police, the General Directorate of Judicial Police and the General Directorate of Support and Management.

The Guardia Civil (Civil Guard) is the oldest law enforcement agency covering the whole of Spain. It is organised as a military force charged with police duties under the authority of both the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defence. In annual surveys, it generally ranks as the national institution most valued by Spaniards, closely followed by other law enforcement agencies and the military. It has both a regular national role and undertakes specific foreign peace-keeping missions Guardia Civil has the mission of protecting the free exercise of rights and
freedoms and guarantee citizen safety.

The mission of the Swedish Police Authority is to reduce crime and increase public safety. Through crime prevention, the police work to ensure that fewer crimes are committed. The aim is also for more crimes to be solved.
The police mission is also described in the Police Act (1984:387). Among other things, it states that the police shall prevent crime, monitor public order and safety, conduct reconnaissance and carry out criminal investigations—the detection and analysis of terrorist‐related content on the Internet form an integral part of this mission. The Police Authority’s crime prevention mandate includes participation in prevention activities with regard to radicalisation at a local level.

The General Directorate Combating Organized Crime is a specialised operation and search service of the Ministry of Interior for combating and dismantling the criminal activity of local and transnational criminal structures. The CDCOC carries out independently or jointly with other specialised bodies activities of operation and search, informational and organisational nature to combat organised crime. The CDCOC pursues active international operational police co-operation in accordance with international treaties, to which the Republic of Bulgaria is a party. The Directorate General "Combating Organized Crime" at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria is a specialised operative-search service, which counteracts organised crime of local and transnational criminal structures.

The police is a public service of the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia that performs certain tasks
prescribed by law, the so-called police affairs. The Police Directorate is established for the performance of police affairs in the Ministry of the Interior, as an administrative organization within the Ministry, while police administrations operate at the local level.

The Provincial Police Headquarters in Gdańsk with the Chief Constable is a government administration body
responsible for protecting citizens and ensuring law and order in the Pomeranian Province. The Pomeranian
Province is situated in the Northern Poland, covering a territory of 18 923 km2 and being populated by 2 452 000
citizens. There are 5 700 police officers and 1 400 civil staff working for the Pomeranian Police.
The whole organization consists of criminal, patrol and supportive services.

The Polish Platform for Homeland Security (PPHS) was established in 2005 as a joint agreement between the Polish Police, universities and research institutes. Over the years, the cooperation has expanded to include new agencies and representatives of the judiciary.

A non-profit organisation with a mission to increase the level of security in Poland and Europe. This is mainly achieved by implementing national and international projects supporting the work of uniformed services, training and audit activities and the organisation of specialised workshops, webinars and conferences, as well as through other types of educational and dissemination activities.
Thanks to the cooperation between security practitioners and the representatives of academia, modern tools and technologies, as well as legal and organisational solutions aimed at increasing the level of internal security are developed and supported.

University College Dublin is one of Europe's leading research-intensive universities, where a comprehensive suite of strong disciplines forms the foundation of high-quality interdisciplinary research, scholarship and innovation.
UCD is the national leader in research funding, attracting quality investment that has helped the university to establish a reputation as a world-class destination for leading researchers. UCD is ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions worldwide. CCI provides a resource for the global law enforcement cybercrime community, providing a range of solutions that include training, education, software development, technical analysis, and strategic advice. Since its establishment, CCI has broadened its scope, and now works with other groups impacted by cybercrime.

Laurea University of Applied Sciences educates professionals for security management, business management, information and communications technology, service innovation and design, and nursing. Laurea RDI activities concentrate on four focus areas, of which the most relevant to this project is the Security, Safety and Social Responsibility R&D research domain. Laurea is the leading civilian security education provider in Finland. The degree program in security management produces comprehensive competencies improving security, safety, innovative security, international security management, solutions and new services. Laurea has a remarkable portfolio of projects related to the field of security.

The Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community has established the Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector (ZITiS). As ZITiS is part of the Cyber Security Strategy for Germany, it acts as a service provider for the German security authorities. ZITiS pools technical expertise in the cyber domain and supports security authorities through research, development, and consultancy. Thus, ZITiS makes a significant contribution to domestic security. ZITiS provides consultancy on technical matters and security strategies. Its tasks are based on the requirements of the security authorities and include the areas of digital forensics, lawful interception, cryptanalysis, and big data analysis, as well as technical aspects of fighting crime, countering threats, and countering espionage. In this context, ZITiS acts in both an advisory and a supporting capacity.

Cybercrime Research Institute (CRI) is an independent research institute and think tank based in Cologne, Germany.
The mission of the Cybercrime Research Institute is to provide legal research and advisory that goes beyond state
of the art. To ensure highest standards, the institute incorporates a large network of researchers in different parts of the world and including subject matter experts with extensive experience in different fields of Cybercrime, Cybersecurity and Human Rights.

Austrian Standards International – Standardization and Innovation” is the recognised standardisation body in Austria, a non-profit service organisation founded in 1920 and part of a national and international standardisation network: i.e. the Austrian member of the European Committee for Standardization CEN, the International Organization for Standardization ISO and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI. Austrian Standards International cooperates with the Austrian Electrotechnical Association (OVE), which is the responsible
organisation for standardisation in the electrotechnical field being a member of CENELEC and IEC.

IANUS Consulting is a private small medium enterprise that provides consultancy and management services for
research and development of innovative solutions, to clients in both the public and private sector.
Grounded in extensive and distinguished academic, security/military and business experience, the founders have
built IANUS around a unique, interdisciplinary, customer focused approach, based on broad knowledge of project
management, strategic and business planning, business organization and reorganization, human resource
management, research and technical guidance to program management. Our approach aims to achieve the
following for our clients:
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