A safe floriculture industry
The floriculture industry is vulnerable to criminal interference because of its intricate international logistics. The Resilient Floriculture Sector Approach aims to protect the beauty of the sector and address its vulnerabilities. The focus is prevention; prevention is better than cure. This by helping entrepreneurs become resilient, providing them with knowledge to quickly recognize signs of crime, report wrongdoing and take preventive measures.
Organized crime is constantly trying to abuse the floriculture industry and the people who work in it. For narcotics smuggling and labour exploitation, for example. This colourful sector is attractive to criminal interference because of its international nature and its intricate logistics.
Our approach involves various government partners such as the municipalities of Westland, Katwijk, Aalsmeer and Uithoorn, the police, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Customs, Riec The Hague, Riec Amsterdam-Amstelland and the Tax Authority. But also private parties like Royal FloraHolland.
We actively collaborate with parties such as TLN, TFOC, HVO Querido, SNCU, PVO The Hague, PVO Amsterdam-Amstelland, PVO Netherlands, CCV, and many others.
The collaboration is aimed at tackling undermining crime and wrongdoing in the sector. We focus on making businesses resilient. We do this by sharing knowledge, promoting monitoring, control and enforcement, increasing willingness to report and helping to erect effective barriers.
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