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Personal data may be processed only for the purposes of: cross-checking aimed at identifying connections or other relevant links between information related to: persons who are suspected of having committed or taken part in a criminal offence in respect of which Europol is competent, or who have been convicted of such an offence; persons regarding whom there are factual indications or reasonable grounds to believe that they will commit criminal offences in respect of which Europol is competent; analyses of a strategic or thematic nature; operational analyses; facilitating the exchange of information between Member States, Europol, other Union bodies, third countries and international organisations.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.