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Cross Channel Intelligence Community
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<p>The Cross Channel Intelligence Community (CCIC), is a regional alliance between <a href="/facts/Law_enforcement_agency/LBQN5bl8">law enforcement agencies</a> operating in the <a href="/facts/English_Channel/UPjaSEXf">English Channel</a> Coast/North Sea geographic area. </p><p>The CCIC consists of representatives from the <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, <a href="/facts/Belgium/YKuMXP5j">Belgium</a> and the <a href="/facts/Netherlands/y8xn5stT">Netherlands</a>, and operates on a regional basis to deal with lower level criminality. It runs in tandem to the work of <a href="/facts/Europol/LYa1y9KW">Europol</a>, the European Union's Criminal Intelligence Agency, which has an international rather than regional focus. </p>