Brussels, 06/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Since 1 January, the European Police Office, Europol, has had a new mandate and extended powers to fight serious international crime and terrorism. Despite its 15 years of existence, this is the first time that Europol, which is now an official agency of the Union, has had more powers to gather information on crime and an increased scope of competency to support investigations of a serious nature, such as those into serial killers active in more than...