For the period between 2008 and 2011, the government established the following priorities, especially if they present an organised character :

	corruption;
	serious or organised fraud;
	laundering;
	ICT crime;
	environmental crime;
	terrorism;
	drugs production and trade;
	illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings;
	trafficking in human beings – economic exploitation;
	trafficking in human beings – sexual exploitation;
	serious violence;
	crime against goods with focus on itinerant criminal bands.

Other significant security problems are also mentioned in the National Security Plan, for instance homicides, sexual offences, kidnappings, hostage-taking, etc. Such phenomena do not especially require an integral approach. On the other hand, each of these criminal facts, dealt with on an individual basis, requires a reactive and quality approach, for they are serious attacks on physical integrity.

As far as these facts are concerned, the Federal Judicial Police strive for better processing of judicial procedures, while focusing on victims. They also collaborate on writing operational directives and scenarios for each criminal phenomenon.

Approach to criminal organisations and organised crime

The fight against organised crime essentially aims at criminals and the structures created to develop their illicit activities, as well as at the methods they use to maintain their criminal organisations. Therefore, we rarely focus on individual facts, which may sometimes be very varied after all.

Such approach requires a good overview of the active criminal organisations. This knowledge comes, among others, from the data concerning investigations on criminal organisations. These data are supplemented by qualitative analyses of the information provided by other Belgian or foreign services. In order to anticipate the possible developments of some criminal phenomenon, different multidisciplinary analysis instruments, such as the risk analysis, have been developed. The phenomenon is then considered in a broader context and is not limited to the sole police data.

The means that are implemented to fight criminal organisations are determined at tactical level, as well as the preventive and administrative police approach (for instance collaborating with administrative authorities during control operations of sensitive areas or encouraging the trade sector to limit or even eliminate the opportunities grabbed by the criminal organisations) and the judicial or law enforcement approach, through the development of efficient inquiry tools to struggle targeted organisations.

The operational approach is directed to the specific criminal groups aimed by the decentralised directorates.