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  • Should Britain leave EU police and justice policy?
    Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 01 April 2010
    Should Britain leave EU police and justice policy?
  • The EU and counter-terrorism: Next steps
    Report by Hugo Brady, 05 March 2010
    The EU and counter-terrorism
  • Intelligence, emergencies and foreign policy: The EU's role in counter-terrorism
    Essay by Hugo Brady, 01 July 2009
    Intelligence, emergencies and foreign policy
  • Should Europol and Eurojust merge?
    Insight by Hugo Brady, 07 December 2007

    Governments increasingly use Europol, the EU’s police office, and Eurojust - its prosecution unit - to investigate criminals operating across borders and bring them to justice.
  • The EU and the fight against organised crime
    Working paper by Hugo Brady, 06 April 2007

    The EU needs to tackle a new threat: international organised crime. Europe's criminal underworld is taking advantage of new opportunities to commit crime that come with the increasing mobility of people, goods and services across national boundaries.
  • Organised crime and punishment?
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    E!Sharp, 07 July 2006

    Open borders and new technologies have turned Europe into a land of opportunity for criminal gangs. Hugo Brady of the Centre for European Reform asks whether the EU is up to the challenge.
  • Europe's crime without frontiers
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    The Yorkshire Post, 21 June 2006

    Europol, the European Union's police office, has warned governments of a clear and present threat from transnational gangs trafficking in arms, drugs and people; as well as running counterfeiting and money-laundering rackets.
  • Europe challenges organised crime
    Opinion piece by Hugo Brady
    G4S International, 02 June 2006

    A new Europol threat assessment will focus efforts to tackle rising gang crime in the EU, writes Hugo Brady of the Centre for European reform.
  • Let justice be done: Punishing crime in the EU
    Policy brief by Hugo Brady, 06 April 2006

    Cross-border crime is on the rise across the European Union. Member-states have committed themselves to fighting this trend by closer co-operation in justice and home affairs (JHA).
  • Fighting terrorism: The EU needs a strategy not a shopping list
    Briefing note by Hugo Brady, 11 October 2005

    The fight against international terrorism is a key priority of Britain's EU presidency. Following the July London bombings, the British government is understandably keen to speed up European counter-terrorism efforts.
  • An avant-garde for internal security
    Bulletin article by Hugo Brady, 03 October 2005

    Even the most hardened eurosceptic admits the need for closer EU co-operation to fight terrorism, organised crime and illegal immigration. While criminals and terrorists can move easily between EU countries, national policemen cannot.