Cases of online sexual abuse
Dear European Police Office,
Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents that contain the following information
For the reporting period spanning from 1st of January 2015 to date, all the documents related to the cases of crimes of online solicitation and sexual extortion (of both children and adults). The types of documents to include:
- minutes of meetings within Europol and/or between Europol and its external partners;
- presentations and agendas created for meetings within Europol and/or between Europol and its external partners;
- fact sheets and databases that contain the figures and other details related to such cases;
- reports on specific cases.
Please limit the research to the documents that concern France, Italy, Croatia and/or the UK;
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should your search for certain documents delay the production of others that you have already retrieved. To the extent possible, I would prefer the documents in electronic format.
Yours faithfully,
Jelena Prtoric
Podbreg 19
51 000 Rijeka
Dear Ms Prtoric,
Thank you for your interest in our organisation. Your public access request will be processed in line with the Management Board Rules on Public Access to Europol Documents, herewith attached for your convenience.
Kind Regards,
G2-01 Corporate Law
Dear Ms Prtoric,
Thank you for showing interest in our organisation.
With regards to your request for “documents related to the cases of crimes
of online solicitation and sexual extortion (of both children and
adults)”, please note that in general such documents, by definition are
of an operational and sensitive nature and cannot be disclosed based on
Article 4(1)(a) and (b) of the Management Board Decision laying down the
rules for applying Regulation 1049/2001 with regard to Europol documents
as their disclosure would undermine the protection of the public interest
as regards public security, such as the proper fulfilment of Europol’s
tasks and the investigations and operational activities of Member States,
third parties or Union bodies, as well as the protection of the privacy
and integrity of the individuals therein mentioned. The disclosure of such
sensitive information would risk prejudicing the ongoing and/or future
operational activities of Member States as well as undermine Europol’s
partners’ trust, consequently preventing Europol from fulfilling its
tasks.
It might be of interest to you to explore all documents currently
available to the public on Europol’s website under the Public Register
section ([1]https://www.europol.europa.eu/latest_pub...). You
will also find a search function tool on the top right of the webpage,
where you can insert keywords of interest.
Please also note that you will find publicly available Europol
reports/publications/press releases on this subject under the following
link:
[2]https://www.europol.europa.eu/crime-area...
You may make a confirmatory application asking Europol to reconsider its
position within 15 working days of receiving Europol’s reply, in
accordance with Article 5(4) of the MB Decision on Public Access.
Kind regards
G2-01 Corporate Law
Dear European Police Office,
Please pass this on to the person who reviews confirmatory applications.
I am filing the following confirmatory application with regards to my access to documents request 'Cases of online sexual abuse'.
In regards to your reply and arguments related to privacy addressed in your reply, I would like to limit my research to the following documents:
For the reporting period spanning from 1st of January 2015 to date, the documents related to the cases of crimes of online solicitation and sexual extortion (of both children and adults). The types of documents should include:
- fact sheets, databases, policy documents, memorandums and presentations that contain the figures and other details related to such cases;
Should documents contain any sensitive information about specific persons and explicit details about the cases and context in which such crimes have taken place, or specific tools used by Europol's agents, these can be anonymised. I believe though that the public interest (understanding how widespread such cases are in Europe, how the trends have been changing over time) overrides the public security threat as mentioned in your response, considering that these documents wouldn't contain any personal details nor details about Europol's investigative proceedings or tools, but rather general data related to the cases.
Please limit the research to the documents that concern France, Italy, Croatia and/or the UK;
I would like to make clear I prefer you produce the documents on a rolling basis.
At no point should your search for certain documents delay the production of others that you have already retrieved. To the extent possible, I would prefer the documents in electronic format.
A full history of my request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.asktheeu.org/en/request/case...
Yours faithfully,
Jelena Prtoric
Dear Ms Prtoric,
Thank you for your interest in our organisation.
Please, note as per the Management Board Rules on Public Access, of which you were provided a copy, confirmatory applications are submitted in the event that the applicant has been refused access to documents – in full or partially, and Europol is requested to reconsider its initial position. However, from your message it appears that you are submitting an application for access to documents, with a scope, which is narrowed down in relation to your initial request. We would therefore ask you to clarify whether you are submitting a confirmatory application and requesting Europol to reconsider its initial position, as provided to you on 20 October 2021, or you are submitting a new request for public access to documents with a new scope?
Kind Regards,
G2-01 – Corporate Law