Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

If information ends up in the wrong hands, the lives of people very often are immediately at risk.

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

Terrorists always have the advantage of surprise.

The violent radicals do not legitimately represent the overwhelming majority of the world's Muslims.

We are familiar with terrorism. But indiscriminate, cross-border, religiously motivated terrorism is new.

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.