Frontex, the European Commission and Europol recently organized a conference in Warsaw, Poland to discuss innovative technologies for strengthening Schengen. The event covered available measures and current and future solutions to meet the needs of the Member States, ensuring the highest level of security within the Schengen area. Matthias Oel, Director for Borders, Schengen and Visa at the European Commission opened the event, along with the Executive Director of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, and Deputy Executive Director of Europol, Capabilities Directorate Luis de Eusebio Ramos. The conference aimed to keep the Schengen area strong and secure by using innovative technologies for efficient border management and law enforcement. Participants explored technological possibilities for detecting high-risk travelers and human smugglers, methods of monitoring and tracking of vehicles suspected of illicit activities, and disrupting trans-national organized crime and terrorism, specifically transiting within the Schengen area. Cutting-edge technologies like aerial surveillance and satellite imaging were also discussed as ways to detect illegal crossings and suspicious activities with greater precision.
Conference on Innovative Technologies for Strengthening Schengen
Frontex, the European Commission and Europol recently organized a conference in Warsaw, Poland to discuss innovative technologies for strengthening Schengen. The event covered available measures and current and future solutions to meet the needs of the Member States, ensuring the highest level of security within the Schengen area.
Key Speakers
Matthias Oel, Director for Borders, Schengen and Visa at the European Commission opened the event, along with the Executive Director of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, and Deputy Executive Director of Europol, Capabilities Directorate Luis de Eusebio Ramos. In his opening speech, Oel highlighted the EU’s investment in new IT architecture to make the EU the most advanced entity in terms of border protection.
Cutting-Edge Technologies for Border Management
Leijtens emphasized the importance of integrating cutting-edge technologies into border management and law enforcement efforts. Advanced aerial surveillance and satellite imaging can provide real-time monitoring of vast and remote border areas, allowing authorities to detect illegal crossings and suspicious activities with greater precision. The technology can also detect boats in distress in the middle of the vast sea and alert national rescue centers, thereby saving lives that might have otherwise been lost.
Focus on Trans-National Organized Crime and Terrorism
Representatives from Member States, law enforcement and border guard authorities, and EU agencies came together to explore technological possibilities for detecting high-risk travelers and human smugglers, methods of monitoring and tracking of vehicles suspected of illicit activities, and disrupting trans-national organized crime and terrorism, specifically transiting within the Schengen area.
The event served as a platform for dialogue to discuss operational solutions for data collection, identifying strengths and possible limitations of innovative technologies available for Member States concerning internal borders protection.
In conclusion, the conference aimed to keep the Schengen area strong and secure by using innovative technologies for efficient border management and law enforcement.
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