See the full text: Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment - Draft revised methodology (LIMITE, 13200-14, pdf) The aim of the SOCTA is to: - analyse the character or the threatening features of organised crime
See the full text: Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment – Draft revised methodology (LIMITE, 13200-14, pdf) The aim of the SOCTA is to:
– analyse the character or the threatening features of organised crime groups (OCGs)
– analyse the threatening features of serious and organised crime (SOC) areas of activity (hereafter SOC areas)
– analyse the threatening aspects of OCG and SOC areas by region
– define the most threatening OCGs, criminal areas and their regional aspects
See also: Europol: “4×4” intelligence handling codes includes “dodgy data” (Statewatch database) and: EU joint police operations target irregular migrants by Chris Jones: This article explains the ‘policy cycle’ on serious and international organised crime. In the words of the document (13200-14): “The starting point of this EU policy cycle is the SOCTA”.