In many cases the transmission of personal data by the judiciary, police or customs to private parties is necessary to prosecute crime or to prevent an immediate and serious threat to public security or to prevent serious harm to the rights of individuals, for example, by issuing alerts concerning forgeries of securities to banks and credit institutions, or, in the area of vehicle crime, by communicating personal data to insurance companies in order to prevent illicit trafficking in stolen motor vehicles or to improve the conditions for the recovery of stolen motor vehicles from abro ...[+++]ad.

In many cases the transmission of personal data by the judiciary, police or customs to private parties is necessary to prosecute crime or to prevent an immediate and serious threat to public security or to prevent serious harm to the rights of individuals, for example, by issuing alerts concerning forgeries of securities to banks and credit institutions, or, in the area of vehicle crime, by communicating personal data to insurance companies in order to prevent illicit trafficking in stolen motor vehicles or to improve the conditions for the recovery of stolen motor vehicles from abro ...[+++]ad.

trafficking in human beings, in arms and in stolen vehicles.

trafficking in human beings, in arms and in stolen vehicles.

In performing these tasks Europol could until recently only deal with the following forms of crime: drug trafficking, trafficking in nuclear and radioactive substances, illegal immigrant smuggling, trade in human beings, motor vehicle crime, terrorism and money laundering.

The Commission fails to make a convincing case for the use of a First Pillar ‘transport’ legal basis for a measure which would allow access to the SIS by administrative authorities for the purposes of preventing and fighting crime (trafficking of stolen vehicles).