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Organised crime exploits legitimate businesses, public services and legal infrastructure to facilitate and conceal criminal activities. The administrative approach complements criminal justice by using administrative powers to prevent and disrupt this misuse. The toolkit provides practical guidance

Understanding youth involvement in organised crime requires looking beyond the recruitment process itself. Young people enter criminal networks through a range of pathways, and their involvement is shaped by a complex interplay of individual, family, community and structural factors. The toolkit

During the week of 4 to 8 May 2026, 19 European countries joined forces to carry out the first EMPACT Action Days (EAD) on crime prevention and the administrative approach. The EAD were organised within the framework of EMPACT * MTCN-I ** Operational Action 3.1, led by Italy, Germany, Malta

The Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands, with the support of the European Network on the Administrative Approach (ENAA), organised a field visit on the administrative approach to organised crime in The Hague from 15 to 17 April 2026. The visit brought together 22 participants from 16

These documents were drafted as part of a project within the EU Policy Cycle 2024/2025. The EU Policy Cycle is a multi -annual EU strategy aimed at combating organised and serious international crime at the European level. The identified priorities (crime areas) are implemented within the European