early Pursuit against Organized crime using envirOnmental scanning, the Law and IntelligenCE systems

Project Information

ePOOLICE

Grant agreement ID: 312651

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2013

End date 31 December 2015

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security

Total cost € 5 295 925,74

EU contribution € 3 493 810,00

Coordinated by

INGENIERIA DE SISTEMAS PARA LA DEFENSA DE ESPANA SA-SME MP
Spain

Objective

Organized crime is becoming more diverse in its activities and methods including “greater levels of collaboration between criminal groups, greater mobility in and around the EU, a diversification of illicit activity, and a growing dependence on a dynamic infrastructure, anchored in key locations and facilitated by widespread use of the Internet” (the Director of Europol, in his foreword to the OCTA 2011 report). An important means for law enforcement in combatting such crime is strategic early warning which is heavily depending on an efficient and effective environmental scanning.
Fro this, the e-POOLICE project will—in close collaboration with law enforcement partners, as well as criminological and legal experts—develop a prototype of an environmental scanning system implementing solutions applying the most promising technological advances and breakthroughs as provided by the RTD partners. The solutions will be tested an evaluated through running realistic use case scenarios that are developed by our user partners.
Central to the solution is development of an environmental knowledge repository of all relevant information and knowledge, including scanned information and derived, learned or hypothesized knowledge, as well as the metadata needed for credibility and confidence assessment, traceability, and privacy protection management. For effective and efficient utilization, as well as for interoperability, the repository will apply a standard representation form for all information and knowledge.
For effective and efficient scanning of the raw information sources, the project will develop an intelligent environmental radar that will utilize the knowledge repository for focusing the scanning. A key part of this process is semantic filtering for identification of data items that constitutes weak signals of emerging organized crime threats, exploiting fully the concept of crime hubs, crime indicators, and facilitating factors, as understood by our user partners.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet
• social sciences › law › law enforcement
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology › radar

Programme(s)

• FP7-SECURITY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Security

Topic(s)

• SEC-2012.6.3-1 - Developing an efficient and effective environmental scanning system as part of the early warning system for the detection of emerging organised crime threats - Capability Project

Call for proposal

FP7-SEC-2012-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-FP - Small or medium-scale focused research project

Coordinator

INGENIERIA DE SISTEMAS PARA LA DEFENSA DE ESPANA SA-SME MP

• EU contribution: € 700 477,28
• Address: CALLE BEATRIZ DE BOBADILLA 3 ; 28040 Madrid ; Spain
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Raquel Pastor Pastor (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (18)

West Yorkshire Police Authority

Participation ended

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Laburnum Road ; WF1 3QP Wakefield
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andrew Staniforth (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

AALBORG UNIVERSITET

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 524 612,80
• Address: FREDRIK BAJERS VEJ 7K ; 9220 Aalborg
• Region: Danmark › Nordjylland › Nordjylland
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Henrik L. Larsen (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES

France

• EU contribution: € 356 604,41
• Address: RUE LEBLANC 25 ; 75015 PARIS 15
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Paris
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Bertrand Delezoide (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS

France

• EU contribution: € 130 407,00
• Address: AVENUE DES LOUVRESSES 4 ; 92230 Gennevilliers
• Region: Ile-de-France › Ile-de-France › Hauts-de-Seine
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Sylvie Raynaud (Mrs.)
• Total cost: No data

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 211 294,89
• Address: HANSASTRASSE 27C ; 80686 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Andrea Zeumann (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

Spain

• EU contribution: € 156 853,33
• Address: CUESTA DEL HOSPICIO SN ; 18071 Granada
• Region: Sur › Andalucía › Granada
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: María Dolores Suárez Ortega (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 358 468,98
• Address: HOWARD STREET CITY CAMPUS ; S1 1WB Sheffield
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › South Yorkshire › Sheffield
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Simeon Yates (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

INTHEMIS

France

• EU contribution: € 117 654,83
• Address: PLACE ERNEST GRANIER Montpellier Richter Business Centre 80 ; 34000 MONTPELLIER
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Estelle De Marco (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

LEGIND TECHNOLOGIES AS

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 79 719,79
• Address: GILDRINGEPARKEN 25 ; 4690 HASLEV
• Region: Danmark › Sjælland › Vest- og Sydsjælland
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Henrik Legind Larsen (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

SAS SOFTWARE LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: HENLEY ROAD WITTINGTON HOUSE ; SL7 2EB MARLOW
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Paul Gillies (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR

Spain

• EU contribution: € 38 731,12
• Address: CALLE AMADOR DE LOS RIOS 7 ; 28071 Madrid
• Region: Comunidad de Madrid › Comunidad de Madrid › Madrid
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Oscar Manuel Flores Lecha (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

POLICE AND CRIME COMMISSIONER FOR WEST YORKSHIRE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 134 138,33
• Address: LABURNUM ROAD ; WF1 3QP Wakefield
• Region: Yorkshire and the Humber › West Yorkshire › Wakefield
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Andrew Staniforth (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

UNITED NATIONS INTERREGIONAL CRIME AND JUSTICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Italy

• EU contribution: € 59 431,24
• Address: VIALE MAESTRI DEL LAVORO 10 ; 10127 TORINO
• Region: Nord-Ovest › Piemonte › Torino
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Angela Patrignani (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

HOCHSCHULE FUR DEN OFFENTLICHEN DIENST IN BAYERN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 31 831,84
• Address: WAGMULLERSTRASSE 20 ; 80539 Munchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Holger Nitsch (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION (EUROPOL)

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: EISENHOWERLAAN 73 ; 2517 KK Den Haag
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Agglomeratie ’s-Gravenhage
• Activity type: Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Dirk Wolber (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTET FOR FREMTIDSFORSKNING FORENING

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 166 800,00
• Address: CO BLOX BRYGHUSPLADSEN 8 3 ; 1473 KOBENHAVN K
• Region: Danmark › Hovedstaden › Byen København
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Martin Kruse (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

THALES NEDERLAND BV

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 183 956,69
• Address: ZUIDELIJKE HAVENWEG 40 ; 7554 RR Hengelo Ov
• Region: Oost-Nederland › Overijssel › Twente
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Ronald Alexander Van Der Laan (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

D4TEC APS

Denmark

• EU contribution: € 242 827,47
• Address: NIELS JERNES VEJ 10 ; 9220 AALBORG OST
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Karl Therkildsen (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data