Heading for the future togetherThe Federal Police’s 2014 activity report

“I would like to thank you all for the excellent cooperation, the work done, your commitment and professionalism”

Catherine De BolleGeneral Commissioner

Contents

Preface ... 05

Chapter # 1 ... 07A new look for the Federal Police

Chapter # 2 ... 13The Federal Judicial Police on all fronts

Chapter # 3 ... 17By land, sea and air

Chapter # 4 ... 21Go for zero

Chapter # 5 ... 25Expertise at everyone’s service

Chapter # 6 ... 31Federal Police goes international

Chapter # 7 ... 35Adapted services

The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 3

Preface

Dear readers,

I am very pleased to present to you the Federal Police’s annual report 2014.

The guiding thread throughout this year 2014 was indisputably the optimisation of the Federal Police, with the aim of better fulfi l-ling their missions while rationalising costs. This is a considerable undertaking, involving all decision-making levels and, in one way or another, all the staff. As a result of the creation of the new judicial districts, the new representatives of the decentralised level (i.e. the coordinating directors and judicial directors) are now in charge of larger territories and better cooperate with each other. They are the necessary link between the Local Police and the central services of the Federal Police. In addition, some central directorates have merged and new ones have been created. As a consequence, the number of representatives has declined.

These changes can be seen throughout the present report, which is now presented in a more modern and dynamic form, with more accessible and clearer essential information. You will fi nd, on the one hand, key fi gures in this brochure and, on the other hand, all the events that marked the past year on the calendar available on the website www.annualreport.federalpolice.be, as well as a video presentation on the Federal Police optimisation.

Once again, I would like to thank you all for the excellent cooperation, the work done, your commitment and professionalism. Thanks to all of you, the Federal Police can serve citizens in a professional way and make our society safer.

I wish you all pleasant reading.

Catherine De BolleGeneral Commissioner

The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 5

2014 was the year in which the Federal Police started their optimisation process. The aim

was to grow into a modern organisation that better meets the needs of its clients, partners

and the authorities.

Chapter 1#2014

A new look for the Federal Police

A new look for the Federal Police

— Resources —

— Federal Judicial Police —

— Administrative Police —

— General Commissioner’s Office —

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Optimisation — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 9

Objective: reorganisation of the Federal Police to improve the police’s services and professionalism

(Official) founding of • the Federal Police’s

Management Committee • the Integrated Police’s

Coordination Committee

New decentralised units based on the new judicial districts:

• 13 Coordination and Support Directorates (those of Eupen and Liège are currently led by one and the same Coordinating Director)

• 14 Decentralised Judicial Directorates

63 % decrease in the number of Federal Police

mandates (30 mandates)

decrease from 12 to 4 central directorates: Personnel, Logistics, Information & ICT and Finance

decrease to 4 central directorates:

• Central Directorate of Judicial Police Operations

• Central Directorate of Technical and Scientific Police

• Directorate of Special Units• Central Directorate for Combating

Serious and Organised Crime

Creation

of 2 new directorates

• Protection• Public Security

The General Commissioner remains in charge of:

• International Police Cooperation• Communication• Prevention and Protection at Work

Optimisation — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 11

West-FlandersKurt Desoete

Alain De Laender

East FlandersLuc Cap

Rudi Vervaet

AntwerpStanny De Vlieger

Jean-Claude Gunst

LimburgKristiaan Vandepaer

Robin Minten

LeuvenMarc Van De PlasKarolien De Smet

EupenJürgen Hezel

LiègeEric Snoeck

LuxembourgClaude Baulard

Daniel Sommelette

CharleroiJean-Luc Duterme

Brabant WallonJean-Luc NoëlOlivier Lozet

MonsFrançois Farcy

NamurDidier Verlaine

Michel Remacle

BrusselsEric Jacobs

Jacques Deveaux

Halle-VilvoordeFrederik Verspeelt

Liesbeth Van Isterbeek

Liège - EupenAndré Desenfants

HainautMichel Rompen

Judicial directorsCoordinating directors

General Commissioner’s Offi ce Directorate of Police Strategy

Directorate of International Police Cooperation

Directorate of CommunicationGeneral Directorate of Resource Managementand Information

Directorate of Staff

Directorate of Logistics

Directorate of Police

Information and ICT

Resources

Directorate of Finance

General Directorate of Administrative Police

Directorate of Administrative Police

Operations

Communication Lines: Specialised Support:

General Directorate of Judicial Police

Central Directorateof Judicial Police

Operations

Central Directorateof Technical and Scientifi c Police

Directorate of Special Units

Central Directoratefor Combating

Serious and Organi-sed Crime

Decentralised Judicial Directorates14

Coordination and Support Directorates13

Directorate of Internal Prevention and Protection at Work

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Dir. of Traffi c Police

Dir. of Railway Police

Dir. of Maritime and River Police

Dir. of Airport Police

Directorate of Dog Support

Directorate of Air Support

Directorate of Public Security

Directorate of Protection

Royal Palace Security Detachment

SHAPE Detachment

Optimisation of the Federal Police

Chapter 2#2014

At least 600 arrests, more than 6 000 new fi les … Each day, the Federal

Judicial Police’s investigators do their best to guarantee citizens’ safety.

The Federal Judicial Police on all fronts

— Priority criminal phenomena —

Judicial arrests

Are registered as an arrest: any person who appears before the examining magistrate as part of an investigation led by the Federal Judicial Police.

612Total

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Real estate 24 € 10 683 935,26

Money and securities 257 € 38 239 781,62

Vehicles 89 € 3 513 349,10

Other 24 € 2 317 308,36

Judicial fi les The Federal Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce takes the lead Specialised methods of investigation

new

6 445

3 498

The number of new fi les concerning

priority phenomena

ongoing

5 430

12 546

The number of on-going cases concerning

priority phenomena

closed

1 214

2 723

The number of closed cases concerning

priority phenomena

Number of fi les treated by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Offi ce

416

239

Of which terrorism fi les

Number of new fi les Federal Public Prose-

cutor’s Offi ce

144

206

Of which terrorism fi les

DrugsComputer crimeTax fraud and money launderingArmed robberyFirearms traffi ckingItinerant and multi-criminal groupsHuman traffi cking and human smuggling

Federal Judicial Police — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 15

1 526 Arrests thanks to informants’ tips

Chapter 3#2014

Each day, the federal policemen were ready to guarantee citizens’ safety in

a range of specifi c fi elds of action.

By land, sea and air

Hours 2013

51 811

33 699

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— Suicides (including attempts) on railways —

— At the airports —

Human smuggling phenomenon

Arrests

27

20

2013 2014

111

20142013

169

— Border controls by the Railway Police (SPC) —

Persons found who are staying illegally in the country

252174

20132014

— Border controls by the Mari-time and River Police (SPN) —

Controls 2013 2014Reports

Persons found who are staying illegally in the country

505 in 2013

366 in 2014

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Administrative Police — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 19

— AVIA: controls of small non-Schengen airports —

— VIP escorts and European summits —

Administrative Police

........The Federal Traffi c Police have tried to further curb the number of road victims

by preventive awareness-raising campaigns as well as repressive controls.

Go for zero

Chapter 4#2014

— No mobile phone without a hands-free kit — — Trucks — — Still too many road accident victims — — Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs — — Education and prevention —

2013 2014

170322

2013

2014

Drug offences

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Participants Actions

76 919 292

Buckled up in the car crash simulator Meetings for the purpose of awareness-raising

2013 = 2522013 = 88 094

20132014

1 3841 485

160 953166 131

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Physical injuries 3 666 3 403Fatal accidents 98 87

Deaths 107 100

Seriously injured persons 584 484

Slightly injured persons 4 856 4 687

2 081

1 7281 593

977

2013 2014

Tachograph fraudViolations of driving and rest periods

11 542

12 874

2013 2014

Number of mobile phone offences

Visits to schools and companies

Presentations

Students and participants

170322

2013

2014

Drug offences

Participants Actions

76 919 292

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2013 = 2522013 = 88 094

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1 3841 485

160 953166 131

7 20313 505

2013 2014

Physical injuries 3 666 3 403Fatal accidents 98 87

Deaths 107 100

Seriously injured persons 584 484

Slightly injured persons 4 856 4 687

2 081

1 7281 593

977

2013 2014

Tachograph fraudViolations of driving and rest periods

11 542

12 874

2013 2014

Number of mobile phone offences

Visits to schools and companies

Presentations

Students and participants

Road safety — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 23

Each day, the Federal Police’s specialised services support their fi rst-line colleagues

in different fi elds. Together, they analyse offences and traces, carry out

investigations and save lives.

Expertise at everyone’s service

Chapter 5#2014

Special Units Air Support Dog supportOperational support — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 27

ObservationInterventions/arrestsTechnical operational supportInfi ltrationsOther tasks

EntrenchmentTaking of hostagesKidnappingsExtortionTransfers of dangerous prisoners and VIP protection

38 %

12 %

12 %15 %

23 %

22

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— Dogs for immigration controls — — Bird’s-eye view —

2013 2014

Found alive after disappearance 14 17

Found dead after disappearance 7 11

Arrests 62124

Arrests after pursuit 5

Positive infrared scans 5 77

Laser incidents 6 23

— A nose for ... —

Sniffer dog teams 1 188 1 464

Drug dog teams 2 416 2 379

Silent drug dog teams 313 439Dog teams detection of human remains 72 20

Seat of fi re detection dog teams 212 172

Maritime and River Police

46

4 201 4 474

2013 2014

175

299*

2013 2014

* Deployment of a second dog for migration control as from June 2014.

— Intervention in crisis situations —

Interventions

— Tracking offenders —

2013 2014

Ear prints 425 541

Reference prints: ear 395 530

Shoe prints 2 654 3 030

Reference prints: shoe 302 273

Tool prints 2 579 2 274

Reference prints: tool 723 373

2013 2014

Files created 560 510

Offences entered 548 527

Quality Control 467 515

Analyses 58 63

Number of series created 56 63

Number of offences set in a series 193 175

Numbers of series confi rmed (at least 1 offence confi rmed)

36 39

2013 2014

Seized euro banknotes 56 485 32 706

Seized euro coins 7 181 5 357

Seized foreign currencies 1 488 984

Reports 2 087 1 666

Tracked false documents 2 394 2 655

Foreign requests (IP, SIENA …) 393 427

Technical and Scientifi c Police

* Individualisation: one of the investigated elements (print) originates with certainty from another investigated element (object, person …) or the two elements have a common origin (reference print). This type of conclusion is only communicated if two experts agree on this independently of one another.

The Federal Police have a national database ‘ViCLAS’, which allows methodical and systematic searches for links between a new offence and sexual or violent offences that are already registered in the database.

— Sexual or violent offences — — Real or fake —

2013 2014

41 81544 214

DNA traces

Fingerprints matched with a suspect (identified traces)

Shoe prints

Tool prints

Ear prints

33 28734 800

2 1722 237

13 17314 636

3 9653 217

474729

In the databases

Connections (traces linked) Individualisation*

2013

20

14

248

17

432

362

26

461

357

7

219281

18

299

Operational support — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 29

Chapter 6#2014

Insecurity takes many forms and does not stop at our country’s borders. To undertake

their actions, the Federal Police follow a border-crossing approach in cooperation

with their many international partners.

Federal Police goes international

The BENELUX police services can now appeal to 46

Belgian and Dutch liaison officers in order to facilitate the

handling of their files concerning international police cooperation with

116 accredited countries.

At least 48 stolen vehicles were intercepted

as a result of the new information exchange set up between Belgium and the

Netherlands as part of the ANPR project (Automatic Number Plate Recognition)

on 1 February.

1 treaty was signed with Morocco and 7 agreements were concluded with Colombia,

Bulgaria, Luxemburg and the Netherlands, Morocco, Moldova and Romania in order to

reinforce bilateral police cooperation with the Belgian police services.

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27 Belgian police officers took part in a civil

crisis management mission in Kosovo, Libya, Niger, the Ukraine

and the Palestinian territories.

International police cooperation

Positive controls in the Schengen area

Interceptions in the Schengen area based on alerts issued by Belgium

International exchange of operational police information

— Internationally through the national contact point —

Abroad based on alerts that were entered in the Schengen Information System (SIS) by Belgium.

5 159

In Belgium based on alerts that were entered in the Schengen Information System (SIS) by other Schengen countries.

3 363 8522Total

4 120Total

42,6 %

Seized vehicles 1 211

Arrested persons 488

Retrieved documents 372

Retraced missing persons 285

Located persons 39

Checked persons 1 694

Checked vehicles 31

50,2 %

5,9 % 1,2 %

51 611Total

InterpolLiaison offi cersOtherEuropol

International cooperation — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 33

Chapter 7#2014

Personnel, logistics, information-ICT and fi nance are the four essential resources

managed and used by the Federal Police in the best possible way to offer high-quality

services adapted to the fi eld, the authorities, partners and citizens.

Adapted services

Resources — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 37

— The police recruit —

— Applications for a career with the police —

EmployeesStaff

= 22 863— New colleagues at the integrated police —

25 415

45 000

7 396

1 254 704

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calls handled

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Entrance test

social advancement

Career Work atmosphere

Employees(end of December 2014)

12 2009 1513 049

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2013

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2014

7.20 %

— Interventions following an incident —

22682373

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2013 2014

— Interventions for psychosocial problems, stress and depression —

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persons trained within the Integrated Police

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employees have received the training ‘Holocaust, police and human rights’

1 422

Logistics

2 250 staff members from 6 different complexes (IBM, Atrium, WTC III, Géruzet, Kroon, Kroontuinen)

will eventually be relocated in the ‘Rijksadministratief Centrum’ (RAC);

104 000 m2 gross surface area available; 56 000 m2 usable surface area; 48 000 m2 net working area

— Move to a new location —

1 350 staff members moved

33 000 m23103-14

2010-14

700 staff members moved

43 000 m23103-14

2010-14

net working area occupied on a total of 48 000 m2 net working area occupied on a total of 48 000 m2

— Consumption —2013 2014

3 899 3 589

43 291 278 42 868 042

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2 886 930 2 273 827

1 273 827 809 062

4 239 654 4 202 722

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58 797 119 42 154 235

1 060 165 843 449

Vehicles

Kilometres travelled

Litres of diesel

Litres of super

Fuel price in euro

Reams of A4 paper

Euro (price)

Gas – kWh

Heating oil (litre)

FinancePolice information & ICT

— Lost identity document? —

— Proportion urgent/non-urgent calls —

2013 2014

2 582 3092 585 296 304 018 299 385

2 881 6942 889 314

Budget € 1 805 411 025

€ 194 932 500Operation

€ 23 280 000Investment

€ 763 411 000*Allocation

€ 823 787 525Staff

Resources — The Federal Police’s 2014 activity report p 39

Urgent calls - type 101Non-urgent calls

In 2014, an audit was carried out in 2

provinces (Antwerp and Brabant)

1 655 machines were listed at about

30 locations in the province of Brabant

Objective 2017: save 30 % on copiers and printers

The DOCSTOP service (Helpdesk Belpic of the national register) offers citizens the possi-bility to report the loss, destruction or theft of their identity card or passport by telepho-ne for free.

5300 reports a week Automatic registration in the General National Database.

— Ecology and less paper —

* Allocations to the police zones and municipalities as well as other entities that belong to the Federal Police budget:- Operation: € 761 411 000 - Investment: € 2 000 000

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Responsible editor: Renato Guion (CGC), 145 avenue de la Couronne, 1050 Ixelles. The following persons contributed to this publication: Roxane Beaurang, Gerda De Naer, Stefan Debroux, Anne-Catherine Dessoy, Benoît Dupuis, Laurence Hubens, Serge Kinet, Ann Massei, Marie-Louise Nivarlet, Saskia Van Puyvelde, Dominique Van Ryckeghem and Wendy Van Zeebroeck. The following staff members of the Directorate of Communication (CGC) were in charge of the layout and photography: Ruben Accou, Jocelyn Balcaen, Caroline Chaidron, Emmanuelle Glibert, Benoit Goesaert, Karolien Snyers and Lavinia Wouters. Translations were carried out by the Translation Service of the Federal Police, CSD Eupen and CGI. Printed at Fedopress. You can also find the web version on www.annualreport.federalpolice.be.We would like to thank everyone who contributed to this annual report in one way or another.

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