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International
Cooperation
International cooperation increasingly important
Police in NRW continue to expand their pioneering role in international police missions and Frontex.
German-Dutch
Cooperation

NRW/Netherlands: Oil cans between the wheels

When it comes to soccer, Eugène Heijnen keeps a safe distance. He doesn't really want to talk about it. Especially not at championship times, when the Dutch and Germans are fighting for the European crown. "I'm always for the team that plays nicer and better soccer, and it's clear which team that is...

Cross-border cooperation

German-Dutch cooperation as a model for success
european
Cooperation
European Commissariats
On vacation on the Spanish Atlantic coast or at a music festival in France, do you come across police officers from North Rhine-Westphalia? Welcome to Europe!
Europol and
international exchange

Official language English: NRW police officers at Europol

International police work is at the heart of the European security architecture. In The Hague, Netherlands, more than 130 employees support the EU member states in the fight against serious forms of international crime and terrorism.

SIENA ensures better international exchange

Europol provides SIENA as a web application for the international exchange of information in criminal matters.
International police missions
  
International police missions
A total of 155 German police and customs officers are taking part in international police missions. Of these, 25 come from NRW. Twelve of them work for the European Border and Coast Guard in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Spain and Albania.
FRONTEX
  

Frontex: North Rhine-Westphalian police take part in Albania operation

Minister Reul: "We are only strong together, security is not a solo act. Security needs an orchestra"

Police officers from NRW in northern Greece: securing the EU's external border

NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul recently visited the German FRONTEX mission to protect the EU's external borders in northern Greece. Police officers from NRW are deployed there as "Border Surveillance Officers".
EUREGIO
  
Euregional cooperation
Police cooperation with the Netherlands and Belgium often takes place at Euregio level.
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In urgent cases: Police emergency number 110