• Cognyte published a survey-based outlook for European law enforcement in 2026, pointing to a sharper convergence between organized crime and terrorism that is raising investigative risk and complexity.
• 69% of respondents reported increased collaboration between criminal groups and terrorist organizations over the past two years, citing shared trafficking routes as the most common overlap at 39%.
• Cross-border threats remained led by drug trafficking at 51%, with weapons trafficking at 46% and illegal migrant smuggling at 42%, creating a dispersed set of entry points across ports, land borders, and postal systems.
• Casework pressure skewed toward complexity rather than volume, with 48% citing encrypted communications and 48% citing the need for financial or crypto expertise as major burdens.
• Investigative teams estimated 25% of time is lost to capability gaps, with the largest shortfalls flagged in video analytics at 48%, digital forensics correlation at 45%, and social media analysis at 39%.

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