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The 14th meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Control Group (JPC) of Europol concluded yesterday in Ghent. Wojciech Wiewiórowski, Mr. Nikos Kettiros noted that the Europol MOCU has to oversee the balance between fundamental rights and the need for security. He noted that national law enforcement authorities and Europol must be able to deal effectively with crime without citizens suffering disproportionate interference with their privacy. He underlined that balancing the need to prevent crime with the need to protect online privacy is an important challenge, which has been strongly raised in the light of the recent proposal for a Regulation to prevent and combat child sexual abuse online. Underlining the crucial importance of protecting children, he asked for an update on the reservations expressed by the Supervisor on the potential impact of the proposed Regulation on privacy and protection of personal data, including the right to privacy of communications. He also asked whether there are appropriate technical means to achieve privacy protection without undermining the protection of children online.
In his reply, the EDPS expressed his reservations about the scope of the controls proposed by the European Commission and their legitimacy and noted that the compromise proposal in the European Parliament is moving in the right direction.
In his intervention in a session on illicit arms trafficking, Elias Mirianthous stressed that targeting criminal networks and individuals involved in the illicit trafficking, distribution and use of firearms should be a priority for national law enforcement authorities. He argued that Europol experts and analysts should step up their efforts to find new methodologies for policing confidential information so that Member States are able to develop their own capabilities to monitor and counter the Darknet phenomenon.
Myrianthous further noted that, in view of a possible increase in the smuggling of firearms due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, there is an urgent need for a single legislative framework to regulate the trafficking of firearms, which would replace the existing fragmented legislation. Finally, the MEP stressed that a single legal framework is the cornerstone of the collective efforts of national parliaments to combat illicit arms trafficking, while enhanced coordination between law enforcement authorities is a catalyst in the effort to combat this threat.
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