Overview
- Frontex will get high-resolution satellites and drones to detect and disrupt smuggling at the EU’s external borders.
- Customs services will work with parcel carriers using AI to scan mail, with a new EU Ports Strategy to strengthen port security.
- The EU Drugs Agency will identify novel substances, issue rapid alerts, and build EU-wide databases on synthetic drugs and production incidents.
- Updated precursor rules add real-time seizure reporting, a fast-track for controls, and a ban on designer precursors while digitizing legitimate trade procedures.
- The action plan sets operational steps including expanding MAOC-N, countering go-fast vessels, bolstering Europol’s online monitoring, launching a 2026 Security and Innovation Campus, and creating a platform to deter youth recruitment.