Europol

law enforcement agency of the European Union
Organization decentralised_agency_of_the_european_union Q207203
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Summary

Europol is a decentralised agency of the European Union[1]. Europol ranks in the top 3% of decentralised agency of the european union entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,739 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Common extremism and terrorism defense center[3]
  • Country: Netherlands[4]
  • Main regulatory text: Europol Regulation[5]
  • Headquarters location: The Hague[6]
  • Commons category: Europol[7]
  • Foundational text: Europol Convention[8]
  • Has part(s): European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams[9]
  • Inception: October 1, 1998[10]
  • Official website: https://www.europol.europa.eu/[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Europol[12]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: European Union[13]
  • Director / manager: Catherine De Bolle[14]
  • Employees: 1065[15], 1294[16], 1700[17]
  • Phone number: +31-70-302-5000[18]
  • Replaces: TREVI[19]
  • Different from: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation[20]
  • Budget: 100,000,000 euro[21], 218,200,000 euro[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[23]
  • Social media followers: 110,516[24], 6990[25], 124,535[26], 134,311[27], 9680[28], 10,000[29], 11,200[30], 12,400[31]

Why It Matters

Europol has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Europol is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . europol.europa.eu. europol.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . europol.europa.eu. europol.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . europol.europa.eu. europol.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . europol.europa.eu. europol.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . europol.europa.eu. Retrieved . europol.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . europol.europa.eu. europol.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . publications.europa.eu. publications.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Chalmd · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → 8d87e00f-b7c5-4820-b258-c006ab705501
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Bbc things id: 8d87e00f-b7c5-4820-b258-c006ab705501, Adding BBC Things ID"
  2. 15d ago · Putnik · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → europolas
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: europolas"
  3. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14715 → Europol
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14715: Q207203, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  4. 14w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Replaces → —
    Has part(s) → European Network of Fugitive Active Search Teams
    Employees → {'amount': '+1065'}, {'amount': '+1294'}, {'amount': '+1700'}
    Different from → European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Europalexikon id: 176960, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/112025594|Europol (#112025594)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4371|Europalexikon]] #mix'n'ma"
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