Europol Intensifies Cooperation with the ICC
Europol and the International Criminal Court (ICC) signed two further legal instruments on 18 September 2024, implementing their working arrangement of 25 April 2023 (→eucrim 1/2023, 22-23). The new Liaison Officer Agreement allows the ICC to nominate a liaison officer to Europol. In addition, a new Memorandum of Understanding now enables the ICC to be connected to Europol's communication platform SIENA, allowing for the secure exchange of sensitive operational information.
Since the new Europol Regulation came into effect in May 2017, Europol aims to facilitate the cooperation and coordination of EU Member States and Third Parties’ efforts to identify and investigate individuals, networks and groups involved in committing core international crimes through its Analysis Project. In particular, Europol provides analytical support, streamlines information exchange, carries out online monitoring, and provides open sources intelligence. Since 2023, cooperation with the ICC has intensified.