AIRPOL AIRPORT POLICING NETWORK AGREED BY EU MINISTERS
November 1st, 2010
BY ALAN OSBORN
A NETWORK exchanging security information between airports in the 27 European Union (EU) countries, (plus the associated Schengen open border treaty countries - Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) has been agreed by the EU Council of Ministers. The new AIRPOL network will be a permanent multi-disciplinary cooperation network of police, border guards and other relevant law enforcement services "with the mission of contributing substantially to increasing security in airports," said a Council official. Its three main areas are to be airport ...
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