International affairs

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Police deployments abroad: Heiko Lammertz

Foreign assignments

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Foreign assignment: We want smiling children
Soldiers and police officers provide humanitarian aid in crisis regions and build schools, kindergartens and orphanages.
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Stefan Schwarz

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Stefan Schwarz at the lectern at the UN General Assembly

Zusammenarbeit

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New York: Securing the peace
Stefan Schwarz knows many of the world's crisis regions from personal experience, be it Kosovo, South Sudan or Sierra Leone.

International

Cooperation

International cooperation increasingly important

Police in NRW continue to expand their pioneering role in international police missions and Frontex.

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German-Dutch

Cooperation

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Hoofdinspecteur Eugène Heijnen at his workplace in the Düsseldorf LKA

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...

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Joint exercise in November 2017: command staff at Münster police headquarters

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!

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Europol and

international exchange

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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.

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SIENA ensures better international exchange

Europol provides SIENA as a web application for the international exchange of information in criminal matters.

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.