E002/2025/EXB Motor vehicle crime and circumvention of EU sanctions

The aim of this training is to strengthen the understanding of the necessity of international collaboration and sharing formation when fighting against Russian sanctions circumvention.

The aim of this training is to enhance general knowledge and understanding how motor vehicle crime is detected and investigated in Bulgaria and Portugal.

By the end of this Exchange-bite, the audience will be able to:

• Enhance general knowledge and understanding of the European law enforcement community fighting against Russian sanctions circumvention;
• Understand the challenges and problems of this kind of investigation;
• Strengthen the understanding of the necessity of international collaboration and sharing formation when fighting against Russian sanctions circumvention;
• Understand the crimes of vehicle trafficking and tampering;
• Learn about new equipment to support vehicle and document inspections;
• Available databases.

EMPACT training activity

Combatting new forms of organised crime requires more cooperation between police and gendarmes, customs officers, border guards, judges, and prosecutors. EU institutions, agencies and Member States work together to tackle organised and serious international crime through a permanent and key instrument: the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT).

CEPOL plays a crucial role in the EMPACT mechanism through the provision of specialised training and the identification of training needs within each common security threat. Every year, CEPOL provides a comprehensive training package for each common EU crime priority consisting of onsite, online and exchange training activities.

Check more of CEPOL's EMPACT training activities here.