This unit manages the constant flow of data between Europol and its operational partners, assesses the data to be included into Europol databases and supports law enforcement operations across the EU and beyond.
Europol’s Operational Centre maintains a centralised cross-checking service and produces analytical reports when common elements are found. New trends in the criminal landscape of the EU can then be identified. The Operational Centre is a part of Europol’s Info Hub, which also provides coordination support and engages in capacity building, and consists of a team of more than 50 experts.
Béla Vonnák started his career with the Hungarian National Police as an investigator in the Criminal General Directorate, where he gained international experience. He was responsible for operational information and intelligence exchange on an international level, dealing directly with bilateral liaison officers posted in Hungary during investigations.
He also spent one year as a chief investigator of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) on Sinai in Egypt. In 2007 he was promoted to deputy head of the Interpol NCB at the International Law Enforcement Cooperation Centre in Hungary.
He started working at Europol in 2009 as a Head of the Hungarian Liaison Bureau, where he had a chance to prepare, organise and coordinate several successful cross-border operations that benefited from Europol’s operational support. Since 2012 he has been working as a Senior Specialist in Europol’s Operational Centre.
Béla believes that Europol is a “very unique agency among all law enforcement agencies, not only in the EU but beyond it, too.” He is convinced that his belief in the organisation has enabled him to wholeheartedly promote Europol to other EU law enforcement officers.
EMAS is a dynamic malware analysis tool provided by Europol to the European Union Member States (EU MS). This innovative solution is used to automatically detect and analyse malicious files and to enrich cybercrime-related intelligence on malicious software in the EU.
To date, 186 094 files have been analysed in EMAS, out of which 38 562 were identified as malicious.
The LFE solution enables the secure exchange of large files that exceed the size limit (50MB) of the Europol Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA) when the need arises (for example sending an image of a hard drive or copy of a server).
