Netherlands did for the Brussels attacks all that El Bakraoui was dangerous, but took no action. Were sleeping our intelligence? "It's not chaos."
Had the Brussels attack Ibrahim El Bakraoui prevented? Since the bloodshed over a week ago in Zaventem is the picture above that El Bakraoui was in the crosshairs of the Turks, Belgians and the Dutch, but no surgery. A fatal incident, whether it is a system which we must fear that he will become more frequent?
Experts caution still run the tests. Yet they say: cooperation between intelligence services has improved in recent years, but certainly not optimal.
While there are European databases is not all shared information. There are more than 5,000 European jihadists traveled to Syria, but only 2800 of them are registered. Travel data are not saved yet, the fight against financial flows to terrorist organizations does not come from the ground.
fear
Already in January, after the attacks in Paris, far-reaching agreements were announced more European cooperation in combating terrorism. But the reality is stubborn. National parliaments still block the sharing of information for fear that their country is a police state.Or they are afraid example eastern European corruption leads to secret data being sold to criminals.
There is also a cultural problem. Intelligence agencies should primarily their own land, says terrorism expert Beatrice de Graaf. ,, Intelligence acting on the basis of trust and thus throw services information not just on the fence. ''
Forest to databases
Information sharing is already not as easy as it sounds. Consider alone the forest to databases. France alone has reportedly 33. And if information is already shared, the connection is not infallible. Because how do you spell the Arabic names exactly? That may be different in England than in France, so that critical information is lost.
Terrorism expert Glenn Schoen is still positive. ,, Europe performs quite well. Think about it: 500 million people, almost thirty different legal systems, perhaps twenty different languages.Yes, it should be better. But be realistic. ''
He says it in a week when The New York Times reveals that IS already three years ago terrorists sent to Europe to carry out attacks.
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