Meanwhile, back at the ranch...
Organised crime surge in EU: Smuggling, counterfeit and internet abuse - all in a day's work for Europol
"...Europol chief of staff Brian Donald, an ex-Grampian Police detective from the serious crime division, said that Britain, like other European nations, has seen an "exponential growth" in organised crime in recent years. "The difference is the effort that the UK places on dealing with these issues - there are officers here from all the major parts of UK law enforcement who are tapped into that international business. It generates a huge amount of work," he said.
Mr Wainwright and Mr Donald have pioneered an intelligence-led policing model that has painted a clearer picture of international organised crime. Europol has fewer than 800 staff dealing with between 15,000 and 16,000 operations, and technology continues to pose huge challenges...
...Despite an annual workload increase of 15 to 20 per cent since 2009, Europol's €84.8m (£71m) budget was cut by 5 per cent this year - the first cut in its 14-year history..."
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/organised-crime-surge-in-eu-smuggling-counterfeit-and-internet-abuse--all-in-a-days-work-for-europol-8816846.html