Number of police officers: 720
Chiefs of Police : 15
Experts, lawyers, office staff etc:
approx. 185
District Police officers: 67
Temporarily employed : 2
Police Cadets: 20
Total staff number: approx. 1040
Marked Police cars: 101
Unmarked cars: 50
The National Commissioner of
the Icelandic Police
Finance and IT
Director of Finance
Policing and Security
Chief Superintendant
Administration
Chief Superintendant
Office
Police Telecommunications Centre
Internal Audit / Coordination
Information Technology
Civil Defence Department
Crime Prevention, Media
Relations, Statistics, Publishing
Vehicles, supplies and
equipment
National Security Unit
Technical Affairs /Forensics
Special Weapons and Tactics
Team
Investigations
Human Resources
International Department
The International Department
Main areas - International Police Cooperation
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Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB),
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Europol National Unit (ENU),
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Nordic Police and Customs Cooperation (PTN),
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Baltic Sea Task Force (BSTF),
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Sirene office.
The International Department
Main Functions
• Available 24/7.
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Daytime 6 Police officers and 3 Civilians
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Between 19:00- 8:00 5 Police Officers /Police telecommunication
centre.
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Single point of contact - One desk for all incoming messages.
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Carry out deportation orders.
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Check passenger and crew of incoming vessels.
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Investigates the records and identities of foreign nationals.
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Co-ordinates police units in Iceland on the monitoring of foreign nationals
and border control.
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Close cooperation with the Directorate of Immigration.
SIRENE Iceland
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Part of International Department of the NCIP
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Direct cooperation with the
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Ministry of the Interior
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Customs
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Directorate of Immigration
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Directorate of Prisons
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Other services
SIRENE Iceland
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Searches in the SIS for persons.
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All inserts and deletion from SIS on articles 95-100.
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Co-ordination after “hits”.
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Exchange of information according to article 39 and 46.
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Central point for cross border surveillance.
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Support in cases of judicial cooperation.
Registrations in the SIS in 2010
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Article 95 6 persons
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Article 96 3 persons
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Article 97 2 persons
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Article 98 1 persons
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Article 99 1 item
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Article 100 (other than passports – 1), passports
total 2273.
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Crew and passenger lists: 1262 vessels
NCB Interpol
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Member State since 1971
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Active participation in Interpol cooperation
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Wide variety of cases and exchange of
information on:
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drug offences,
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wanted criminals,
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missing persons,
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child pornography
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THB
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etc.
Simultanous search in SIS - Interpol databases
and the Icelandic National Police Database
Europol Cooperation and Participation
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Operational Agreement with Europol from 2001
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Liaison Bureau from January 2007
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Competent Icelandic Authorities according to the Agreement:
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National Police Commissioner
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All Chiefs of Police
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Director of Customs
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Director of Public Prosecutions
Icelandic Liaison Bureau at Europol
Priorities:
1. Operational Issues
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Support and coordination of ongoing International Investigations and Operations
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Tasks for the Special Prosecutor - Financial Investigations, Analysis, Assets Tracing etc.
2. Information and Intelligence forwarding and receiving
3. Analysis Work Files (Focus Groups, Target Groups, Analysis of intelligence)
4. Domestic Competence Building
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International Operations (building of confidence, trust and networks with partners)
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Strategic and Operational Analysis (OCTA - TE SAT - OIAT)
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Informant Handling
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Intelligence Databases (iBase)
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SIENA Communication System (direct access in coming months)
AWFs
Full participation:
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AWF Monitor -
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
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AWF Synergy -
Production and Distribution of Synthetic Drugs
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AWF EEOC -
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AWF Sustrans -
Eastern European Organised Crime (Sub-project LITOC)
Money Laundering
Have been invited to join:
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AWF Cannabis
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AWF Cola
Direct Support to the Special Prosecutor in Cases related to the
Icelandic Bank Collapse in the Fall of 2008:
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Based on a special request from the Icelandic Minister of Interior to the
Europol Director
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Carried out by the Liaison Bureau and O3
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Participation in AWF Sustrans
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Analyse Information and Intelligence
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Assistance and advice in Tracing and Recovering of Assets
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Coordination between countries and organisations
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Finding appropriate investigation parties and experts
Example of a
successful Operational Police Cooperation
via Europol Channels
Operation Pole Star
Operation Pole Star
• Synthetic Drugs
• Icelandic criminal group based in IS, NL, DK, NO, DE
• Investigation already ongoing for more than 1 year
• Previous bilateral approaches had failed
• “Let´s find out if Europol and the LO network there
• really works”
Operation
Pole Star
•
First Icelandic
Operation carried
out through Europol.
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Cooperation
between IS, NL, DE,
DK, NO and Europol.
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Coordination
handled by the
Liaison Bureaux at
Europol.
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Europol centralized
Analysis was a key
success factor.
Fáskrudsfjordur, Iceland
20.09. 2007
6
Seizure and arrests
Bergen, Norway
Last days of August
Sail boat rented:
6
34 ft Bavaria
1
- BOAT TRIP STARTS
Faeroe Islands
Stavanger, Norway
5
09.09. to 18.09. 2007
Sail boat “Lucky Day”
5
under surveillance
1 kg delivered to a
co-worker
tracking device inserted
4
1
Lista, Norway
2
Stop over one night, supplies
Wick, Shetland Islands
4
Stop over one night, supplies
2
3
3
Lemmvig, Denmark
Drugs loaded aboard
the sail boat
Seized
23,5 kg “uncut” amphetamines
14.000 Ecstacy tablets
ICELAND
6 persons convicted to 32
years (in all)
FAEROE ISL
DENMARK
One person convicted to 7 years
6 persons convicted to 1- 9 ½
impr.
years impr.
Thank you for your attention
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