II PLAN OF ACTIVITIES FOR IMPLEMENTING STRATEGIC PRIORITIES The strategic policing priorities for the period 2017–2021 have been defined on the basis of applicable legal regulations, strategic documents of the Ministry and other ministries defining the Ministry as implementer of certain activities, expert and scientific sources and on the basis of the priorities defined in the Activity Programme of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, while taking fully into consideration the European Union’s strategic documents (Europol’s annual EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report – TE-SAT, Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment – SOCTA, Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment – IOCTA), including the priorities from the European Security Agenda 2015–2020. The strategic priorities are of equal importance to the General Police Directorate and to the Ministry of Interior, and they are given equal attention. 1. ORGANISED CRIME Organised crime1 is one of the major security threats and therefore it is necessary to take a strategic approach to combat it more efficiently. In that context, the first national Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) is a document that shows the scope, situation, characteristics, the level of perpetrators’ organisation, the functioning of organised and criminal groups, and identifies key security threats in this area in the Republic of Serbia. The assessment findings and the given recommendations constitute an objective basis for the selection of priorities and the adoption of strategic and operational decisions with the aim of efficient organisation of work on countering the serious and organised crime. The Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) defines the following priorities: • • • • • • • • • 1 drugs; people smuggling and irregular migration; trafficking in human beings; robberies; motor vehicles; weapons; economic crime (smuggling and illicit trade in excisable goods and currency counterfeiting); money laundering; cybercrime. Summary of the classified version of the Strategic Police Plan for the period 2018 – 2021 Strategic Police Plan 2018 – 2021 5