Fight against organised crime: financial support, programme for the prevention, Hippocrates

This is a Commission prepared “Annual Report and Work-plan on the European Forum for the Prevention of Organised Crime 2004”. The Report notes that this is the fourth year of the Forum’s existence. Since then it has fulfilled its purpose as a European networking tool for those involved in crime prevention.  The Forum has continued to act as a useful platform for an open debate on, and analysis of, matters relating to organised crime amongst a wide range of stakeholders at a European, national, regional and local level.  In 2004 the Forum held workshops on Crime Statistics, Data Protection and Data Retention, Fiscal Fraud and Financial Crime, Cultural Goods, Trafficking in Human Beings, Terrorism and Organised Crime and Counterfeiting and Piracy. Similar workshops are planned for 2005 with topics up for discussion including, the export/import of firearms, Member State meeting on the Western Balkans, witness protection and terrorism financing using the non-profit sector.