Ad hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GR-COT)
In response to this threat, European states have co-operated in the combat against transnational and organised crime using the framework of various international and supranational fora. While many of these frameworks (UNODC, Interpol and the EU) have already proven their worth, a truly pan-European framework and a common strategic approach by all European states to tackle TOC are perhaps still lacking. It goes without saying that the Council of Europe is in a privileged position role to deal with this threat in a pan-European context.
The terms of reference of the Ad hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GR-COT) were adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 21 November 2012. The PC-GR-COT carried out its work in 2013 and drafted the White Paper on Transnational Organised Crime.
Background documents
Meetings 2013
1st PC-GR-COT meeting
Paris, 24-26 June 2013
Key information and documentation
The Nicosia Convention in 10 questions and answers
Studies in criminological research