Organised crime and drug trafficking

Closed

The source does not publish a status. We worked this out from the opening and closing dates it does publish.

Sign in to bookmark this

Expected Impact:
In the long-term, the funding is expected to:

• have increased operational capacity of law enforcement and other security-oriented authorities to fight organised crime and drug production and trafficking, including an improved capability to trace and untangle complex money laundering schemes as well as illicit flows of goods.
• enhance risk assessments and risk awareness and resilience measures in view of anticipating, preventing and tackling organised crime and drug related crimes.
• have improved cross-border cooperation including with key third countries and information exchange (including where possible and applicable with the private sector) and sharing of challenges and good practices in fighting against organised crime.
• have improved detection, identification and referral of victims of crime in the context of cross-border operational actions, as well as improved protection of victims in criminal proceedings, in cooperation with civil society organisations. Expected Outcome:
Projects should aim to achieve one or more of the following outcomes:

• increase understanding of the nature and modus operandi of criminal networks and key actors and enablers including in vulnerable sectors in society and specific situations such as in prisons.
• increase monitoring of transportation modalities, routes, and online and detection and interdiction of illicit flows such as illicit drugs.
• enhance coordination of law enforcement and other security-oriented authorities in cross-border operations and support multi-stakeholders coordinated responses.
• increase involvement of the private sector and civil society and other relevant (non-law enforcement) stakeholders in preventing and combating organised crime and drug production and trafficking.
• increase the availability and use of innovations and technical tools for law enforcement inter alia for detection objectives such as production sites and concealed illicit goods. Objective:
The general objective of the call for proposals is combating organised crime by dismantling and disrupting criminal networks, their ringleaders and enablers, as well as several priorities of the EU Drugs Strategy that contribute to the fight against drug trafficking and preparedness to respond to drug related security threats. Applications should focus on tackling the activities of criminal networks, especially those whose activities represent a greater threat to society.
Scope:
The call contains 4 horizontal priority areas (for all organised crimes) and 2 crime-specific priority areas:

• improving the intelligence picture on criminal networks
• facilitating cross border investigations
• facilitating financial investigations
• supporting crime prevention measures and tackling criminal infiltration
• strengthening capabilities to fight drug production and trafficking
• Strengthening EU and national preparedness against drug related security threats. The project applications submitted under the present call for proposals must address one, but preferably more, of the following priorities stipulated in points 1 to 6

Status

Closed

Deadline

3 September 2026 (time not stated)

Opens

21 May 2026

Published

21 May 2026

Country

European Union (EU-wide)

Programme

Internal Security Fund (ISF)

Funder

European Commission

Official page

Open at the source portal

What applying involved

9 steps, all of them taken from this call's own documents.

This call is closed. The steps below show what applying involved, and are kept for reference only.

Understand the call

• Read the call on the source portal and download its documents
• Write the proposal against the award criteria and thresholds standard for this programme

  described in section 9 of the call document — conditions §5b

• Check the grant's legal and financial set-up standard for this programme

  described in section 10 of the call document . Call document and annexes: Call document Application form templates Standard application form (AMIF, ISF and BMVI) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System Model Grant Agreements (MGA) AMIF, ISF and BMVI MGA Additional documents: ISF Work Programme ISF Regulation 2021/1149 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity … — conditions §6

Check you are eligible

• Check every partner is established in an eligible country standard for this programme

  described in section 6 of the call document — conditions §2

• Meet the call's other eligibility conditions standard for this programme

  described in section 6 of the call document — conditions §3

• Be able to show financial and operational capacity standard for this programme

  described in section 7 of the call document — conditions §4

Prepare the documents

• Prepare Part B of the Application Form standard for this programme

  Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System. — conditions

Submit

• Check the submission and evaluation process

  described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual — conditions §5a

• Submit before the closing date shown above

  The source states the closing day but no closing time — check the portal before the last day. — calls.deadline

Sign in to track these

Other calls under Internal Security Fund (ISF)

• StandardisationOpen · deadline 15 December 2026 · European Union (EU-wide)
• Digital InvestigationsOpen · deadline 15 December 2026 · European Union (EU-wide)
• Call for proposals on the fight against corruption.Closed · deadline 24 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €5,000,000
• Trafficking in human beingsClosed · deadline 3 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide)
• DATAClosed · deadline 4 July 2023 · European Union (EU-wide) · €1,000,000

All calls under this programme

Similar opportunities

• Trafficking in human beingsClosed · deadline 3 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · same sector, same funder
• Open topic on enhanced prevention, detection and deterrence of societal issues related to various forms of crimeForthcoming · deadline 4 November 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €6,000,000 · same sector, same funder
• Crime prevention approaches, online and off-line, tackling the nexus between addictions and crimeOpen · deadline 5 November 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €6,000,000 · same sector, same funder
• Detection and characterisation of threats or illegal/ smuggled goods in cargoForthcoming · deadline 4 November 2027 · European Union (EU-wide) · €14,000,000 · same sector, same funder
• Call for proposals on the fight against corruption.Closed · deadline 24 September 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €5,000,000 · same sector, same funder
• Advanced border surveillance and situational awarenessOpen · deadline 5 November 2026 · European Union (EU-wide) · €12,000,000 · same sector, same funder