The EU police agency in The Hague, Europol, is to see its powers expand and its performance put under stronger oversight under a European Commission proposal set out on Wednesday (27 March). The draft regulation would require member states to feed the agency more data and to enhance their cooperation in cross-border crimes and investigations. … The commission now wants to turn Europol into a hub for information-sharing and analysis on serious crimes. The reform should include police training, says the Brussels executive. For its part, the London-based civil liberties group Statewatch has in the past voiced reservations on how...