On Thursday 5 March 2026, Luxembourg’s Minister of Home Affairs, Léon Gloden, signed an administrative arrangement on bilateral police cooperation with Marian-Cătălin Predoiu, Minister of Internal Affairs of Romania.

According to Luxembourg’s Ministry of Home Affairs, the ministers signed the agreement on the sidelines of the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council in Brussels, Belgium.

This arrangement forms part of the intention to strengthen targeted police cooperation with Romania in the fight against human trafficking and organised begging, the ministry noted, adding that it aims to facilitate the exchange of information and operational interventions.

Minister Gloden explained: “Crime knows no borders. We must equip ourselves with the necessary means to effectively fight cross-border crime, such as human trafficking and organised begging, which is also highlighted in the fifth report of the Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CCDH) on human trafficking, presented to the Chamber of Deputies on 29 January [2026].”

The report addressed forced begging, noting that “according to the authorities, this is indeed a form of trafficking that is very difficult to prosecute, because there is often a cross-border element, victims do not cooperate and/or do not see themselves as victims, notably due to the control that exploiters have over them. Often, there is also a combination of several forms of exploitation (for example, begging and forced criminality). For this reason, the rapporteur had already, in the first report on trafficking, recommended that the government provide itself with the means to effectively combat networks exploiting beggars […]”.

The ministry stated that, based on these findings and discussions at the police and national political levels, Luxembourg is strengthening cross-border police cooperation.

The police cooperation arrangement with Romania provides for the establishment of temporary joint patrols, with Romanian police officers present in Luxembourg from May 2026. According to the ministry, Romanian officers will participate alongside Luxembourg police in patrols and public security missions, concerning organised begging and human trafficking.

Beyond police cooperation, the authorities also exchange information on disinformation, hybrid threats and cybersecurity.