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Piggelen, Marit van (2022)

Trust and technology in Financial Intelligence Cooperation: A case study into the influence of Function Creep on the cooperation between Europol and the Dutch FIU

Master thesis | Crisis and Security Management (MSc)

The focus of this paper is the security cooperation between FIU-NL and Europol, organizations that annually process transaction data on millions of EU-citizens. The author makes the case that Function Creep, “the expansion of the use of a system or token to include other functions not originally envisioned by their promotors” undermines trust and therefore hinders security cooperations. Through the application of Whelans network theory and the concept of Function Creep in a case study design. The case study is of the implementation of the integration of FIU.net, a decentralized system, into SIENA, Europols centralized database. The author argues that a clear negative impact on trust is found, even when the Function Creep is only ‘intended’ and aims to expand upon the commonly understood conceptualization of Function Creep.

Security Cooperation

Network Theory

Function Creep

Europol

Financial Intelligence

Author

Piggelen, Marit van

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Supervisors

Busser, E. de

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en