# Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (2004/579/EC), Article 28: Collection, exchange and analysis of information on the nature of organised crime

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Each State Party shall consider analysing, in consultation with the scientific and academic communities, trends in organised crime in its territory, the circumstances in which organised crime operates, as well as the professional groups and technologies involved.
2. States Parties shall consider developing and sharing analytical expertise concerning organised criminal activities with each other and through international and regional organisations. For that purpose, common definitions, standards and methodologies should be developed and applied as appropriate.
3. Each State Party shall consider monitoring its policies and actual measures to combat organised crime and making assessments of their effectiveness and efficiency.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/579/annex/I/article/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579/annex-I/article-28
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