The EU Crime Fighting Week took place on 10-14 June 2024, bringing together EU institutions, international partners and EU-funded projects.

Over 250 participants from around the world gathered in Brussels to take stock of the ever-evolving transregional organised crime threat, providing a unique opportunity for collaboration between different actors and initiatives working to counter organised crime at regional, trans-regional and global levels.

Altogether, 16 panels were organised during the Crime Fighting Week. Around 100 speakers and moderators covered a broad range of important issues from environmental crime to the diversion of firearms from conflict zones, from promoting women in law enforcement to the role of technology, and from the role of human rights and civil society to the links between organised crime and terrorism.

DG NEAR actively participated in the event and many of its projects were represented. DG NEAR moderated the panel on “women in law enforcement”, which featured the project MOMENTUM.

MOMENTUM is a three-year capacity-building initiative implemented in the EU's Southern Neighbourhood. It aims to develop and reinforce national and regional law enforcement capacities against organised crime while strengthening gender mainstreaming policies in law enforcement agencies. The project aims to reinforce the role of women in law enforcement, as women continue to face unique challenges that hinder their full representation and participation in this field.