Join the discussionįrom the thin red line, to the thin blue line, to the Cyber Blue Line: Where does responsibility now lie when it comes to maintaining secure and safe societies in cyberspace? Published today, the Cyber Blue Line report – the latest publication in the Europol Specialist Reporting series, highlights these challenges and identifies a number of pertinent issues which require debate, and thought leadership. In doing so, law enforcement is confronted with a number of challenges that, at their core, link to the question on where to draw the thin blue line in cyberspace. This not only means protecting the rule of law and victims online, but also serving the online community.
The 'cavalry charge' is now taking place in cyberspace, as a significant and ever increasing aspect of police work today is dedicated to providing safety and security online. The thin blue line flag graphic has appeared on everything from police coffee cups to COVID-19 masks. This act of bravery inspired a phrase still in use today – the thin red line, which is echoed in the term thin blue line often used in the context of law enforcement - as a thinly stretched resource, resisting far greater forces. It all started in 1854 at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War when a red-uniformed Scottish Highland Regiment formed a long line and extraordinarily halted a Russian cavalry charge. Childcare and Education in the Netherlands.Europol National Units of the European Member States.Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.Kidnapping, Illegal Restraint and Hostage Taking.Illicit Trade in Human Organs and Tissue.Crime Connected with Nuclear and Radioactive Substances.Illicit Trafficking in Hormonal Substances and Other Growth Promoters.Illicit Trafficking in Cultural Goods, Including Antiquities and Works of Art.Mafia-Structured Organised Crime Groups (OCG).Forgery of Administrative Documents and Trafficking therein.Illicit trafficking in endangered plant species and varieties.Illicit trafficking in endangered animal species.MTIC (Missing Trader Intra Community) fraud.Online sexual coercion and extortion of children.Requests for Europol participation in grants awarded by other entities.Principles for Europol Participation to Grant projects.Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies‘ network.Europol Excellence Award in Innovation award.Intelligence Notifications - Early Warning Notifications.Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA).Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA).EU Terrorism Situation & Trend Report (Te-Sat).Europol’s 20 most noteworthy operations.Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT).Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA).Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition - IPC3.European Financial and Economic Crime Centre - EFECC.ECTC Advisory Network on terrorism and propaganda conference.European Counter Terrorism Centre - ECTC.European Migrant Smuggling Centre - EMSC.