BRUSSELS, April 18 (RIA Novosti) - Justice and interior ministers of EU states have directed the bloc's police organization, Europol, to prepare a report on the threat posed by Russian organized crime, the EU Council said on Friday.
A spokesman said the EU intends to ask Russia's law enforcement agencies to provide information on Russian organized crime groups operating within the 27-nation bloc.
He also said the work of Europol officers in Russia must be stepped up, to tackle major crime including organized criminal groups.
Participants in the ministers' meeting spoke for an active exchange of information between Europol and law enforcement bodies of individual EU member states on Russian criminal groups operating on their territories.
