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A dangerous suspect on the run since 2016 is apprehended thanks to effective police cooperation between Slovenia and Italy

A dangerous suspect who had been on the run since 2016 and was wanted under a European arrest warrant issued by Slovenia was apprehended in Italy. The suspect is a ...
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Mitja Jager

Mitja Jager appointed as the new Assistant Director General of the Police

Mitja Jager, previously Assistant Director of the Criminal Police Directorate, assumed the duties of Assistant Director General of the Police on 15 April 2026.
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A traffic police officer is measuring speed

More than 800 speeding drivers caught during speed enforcement marathon on Wednesday

A nationwide speed enforcement marathon was held on Wednesday, 15 April 2026, with police officers conducting speed checks at 540 locations.  ...
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13.Apr.2026

Received a call from a "bank adviser"? Verify first — don’t transfer your money

Police have recorded an increase in reports from victims who received phone calls from fraudsters posing as bank representatives. In some cases, the callers have convincingly impersonated employees of various banks, including the Bank of Slovenia.
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10.Apr.2026

An Alpine Unit member becomes the first Slovenian police officer to obtain an international mountain guide licence in Bavaria

Sašo Ocvirk of the Celje Police Directorate is the first police officer in Slovenia to obtain an international mountain guide licence. In March, he completed an extensive and challenging three-year programme with the Bavarian police. His achievement represents a significant step for the development of the expertise and skills of the Slovenian alpine unit.
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2.Apr.2026

Money and Crime – an exhibition that raises awareness opens in Ljubljana

NLB Muza, in collaboration with a wide network of Slovenian and international partners, has launched a temporary exhibition titled Money and Crime: A Never-Ending Race, now on view at NLB Muza (ÄŚopova 3, Ljubljana). The exhibition opened on 31 March 2026 and will run until 8 February 2027.
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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