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Europol leads international operation against environmental crime and waste trafficking -  code-named ‘Custos Viridis’

Slovenian police participate in extensive international operation Custos Viridis against organised environmental crime

The police participated in a large-scale Europol-coordinated operation targeting organised crime networks involved in waste and pollution crime. The global ...
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Four criminal investigators examine large boxes filled with packages of pills.

As part of a two-year criminal investigation, millions of pieces of medicine containing illegal drugs were seized, among other things

Criminal investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Directorate Maribor, in cooperation with Europol, the Criminal Police Directorate of ...
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The poster of this year's Creaction

This year's Creaction results in 16 unique projects bursting with fresh ideas and purposeful messages

Police officers from Maribor announced the winning student communications submitted in the scope of the Creaction ('Kreakcija') campaign promoting social ...
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22.Jan.2026

Police identify 1,300 offences during week-long campaign to improve driver focus

From 12 to 18 January 2026, the nationwide Focus on the Road campaign was carried out, organised by the Slovenian Traffic Safety Agency in cooperation with the Police.
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20.Jan.2026

Police showcase the dynamic nature of policing at two major career fairs

In January, the police took part in two nationwide education and career fairs. The Informativa fair was held at the Ljubljana Congress Centre on 9 and 10 January 2026, followed a week later, on 16 January, by the Where and How – Choose a Profession fair held at the Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre.
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14.Jan.2026

Pupils on Skis programme officially launched in snowy Planica

Under the mentorship of former top-level athlete and cross-country skier Petra Majdič, the well established Pupils on Skis programme was officially launched on 13 January 2026 in Planica. Interest in the programme continues to grow from year to year.
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14.Jul.2025

National EMPACT contact point

28.Apr.2025

Enforcement of the rights of the individual with regard to data in the Schengen Information System

In accordance with the fundamental principles of personal data protection, citizens of the Schengen Member States as well as citizens of other countries have the right to information about their personal data in the Schengen Information System (SIS), the right to request the rectification of inaccurate personal data stored in the SIS and the right to request the erasure of personal data stored unlawfully in the SIS.

24.Aug.2012

Sirene National Bureau

24.Aug.2011

Tasks and competences of Sirene

Each Contracting Party must designate a central authority as a single point of contact for the exchange of additional information related to data in the SIS. This contact point, called the SIRENE Bureau, must operate continuously 24/7. Each Contracting Party issues its alerts only via this authority.

23.Aug.2011

Schengen Information System – SIS

The Schengen Information System (SIS) is an electronic database of alerts on persons and objects.

23.Aug.2011

Sirene - History

On 14 June 1985, the governments of Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed an agreement in Schengen (a city in Luxembourg) called the Schengen Agreement, aimed at gradual lifting of border controls along their common border.

1.Feb.2010

National Bureau of Investigation

The National Bureau of Investigation is a specialised criminal investigation unit at the national level for the detection and investigation of serious criminal offences, especially economic and financial crime and corruption and in certain cases organised crime, cybercrime and more difficult forms of conventional crime.

20.Oct.2009

Criminal Police Directorate

30.Sep.2009

National Central Bureau of Interpol Ljubljana

Slovenia became a full member of Interpol at the plenary session of the General Assembly of INTERPOL in Dakar, Senegal, on 04.11.1992.

30.Sep.2009

Europol National Unit

The Europol National Unit (International Operations Section), which is an integral part of the International Police Cooperation Division in the Criminal Police Directorate, is the national liaison point between Europol and the competent state authorities in Slovenia: internal police organizational units, the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia and the Office for Money Laundering Prevention