Europol, the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, supports police forces of the member states in fighting serious international crime and terrorism. It has its headquarters in The Hague, in the Netherlands. The agency arose from earlier cooperation and from the Europol Convention, which came into force in 1998, and it became fully operational the following year. Europol does not have its own arresting powers, but it collects and analyses information, coordinates investigations and supports operations against drug trafficking, human smuggling, cybercrime and terrorism. Its powers were expanded in later years, and it became a full EU agency under a new regulation in 2017.
Before and after
- from 17 August 1998 to 15 November 19981998 Russian financial crisis
- 19 August 1998Release of Rotten Tomatoes
- 4 September 1998Founding of Google
- 6 September 1998Death of Akira Kurosawa
- 1 October 1998Founding of Europol
- from 7 October 1998 to 21 May 2006Premiere of Charmed
- 8 October 1998Construction of Oslo Airport
- 19 November 1998Release of Half-Life
- 20 November 1998Launch of International Space Station
More in Society, economy & sport
- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 16 November 1945Founding of UNESCO
- 4 April 1949Founding of NATO
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1 November 1993Founding of European Union
- 2015Rise of Wikipedia Asian Month
The era
This moment belongs to the Contemporary world (1945 CE to today), the world since 1945. You can also browse everything in the 20th century.