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In October 2018, FRA published a handbook on how to apply the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in law and policymaking at national level. The handbook is a guide on how and when the Charter applies and targets national law- and policy-makers, i.e., those working in governments, parliaments, and regional and local authorities.

In May 2018, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), together with the Council of Europe (CoE), published an update of its Handbook on European Data Protection Law, the first edition of which had been published in 2014.

In July 2018, the Working Party on Information Exchange and Data Protection (DAPIX) published a Practical Adviser complementing the Manual on Law Enforcement Information Exchange.

On 13 June 2018, ten EU Agencies signed a Joint Statement committing themselves to working together against trafficking in human beings (THB).

In June 2018, the Council of Europe’s drug policy network – the Pompidou Group – launched the creation of an online handbook to enhance and improve the international coordination of controlled deliveries of illicit commodities.

On 5 July 2018, the EUNAVFOR Med operation Sophia Task Force was enforced by five specialists from Europol, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and EUNAVFOR Med.

In June 2018, Europol published its Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) for 2018, outlining current trends.

In April 2018, Europol’s European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) published its two-year Activity Report covering the period from January 2017 to January 2018.

In June 2018, Frontex launched a series of webcasts presenting selected research findings of graduates of the European Joint Master’s in Strategic Border Management. The first webcast looked the mental health protection of border guards in stressful situations.

On 31 August 2018, Frontex deployed its first liaison officer to Bulgaria. She is the first of eleven liaison officers to be deployed to an EU Member State, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the agency and the national authorities responsible for border management, returns, and coast guard functions.