EUAM facilitates Lithuania study visit for Ukrainian police officers

This week, the European Union Advisory Mission (EUAM) in Ukraine facilitated a study visit for senior officers from the National Police of Ukraine (NPU) to Vilnius, Lithuania. 

The delegation met with Lithuanian colleagues to learn from Lithuania’s experience in criminal intelligence. The notion of criminal intelligence refers to building systems to anticipate and prevent offences rather than reacting only afterwards. Proactive police work includes handling informants, developing regulatory frameworks, and establishing procedures that ensure that operational work is both effective and transparent. It is also less costly for the state budget than reactive measures.

“Lithuania’s experience shows that a well-regulated and transparent system of criminal intelligence can be both effective against organised crime and fully compliant with democratic standards,” said Gediminas Buciunas, a Senior Adviser on Prosecution at EUAM Ukraine’s Lviv Field Office. “By adapting these lessons to the Ukrainian context, the National Police can build capacities that will serve citizens with greater efficiency and integrity.”

For Ukraine, reforming criminal intelligence systems is one of the priorities under the Overarching Strategy for Law Enforcement Sector Reform (OAS), which is crucial for strengthening public trust and advancing EU integration.

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