However, we only need to make a simple observation to see that, throughout Europe, crime is increasing, people in urban and rural areas feel less and less safe, international terrorism, paedophilia, sex tourism, enforced prostitution and trafficking in women, money laundering, drug trafficking, illegal immigration and cross-border organised crime are ever increasing.
Man behøver ellers kun at foretage en simpel konstatering: Overalt i Europa vokser kriminaliteten; usikkerheden vinder frem i byerne og i landdistrikterne, international terrorisme, pædofili, sex-turisme, tvungen prostitution og handel med kvinder, hvidvaskning af penge, narkohandel, ulovlig indvandring og organiseret kriminalitet hen over grænserne tager hele tiden til.