<P> Europol is the law enforcement agency of the European Union (EU) whose main goal is to help achieve a safer Europe for the benefit of all EU citizens . The organization does so by assisting the EU Member States in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism . </P> <P> Europol officers hold no authority to conduct arrests but they support EU law enforcement colleagues by gathering, analyzing and disseminating information and coordinating operations . Europol uses the information to prevent, detect and investigate offenses, and to track down and prosecute those who commit them . Europol experts and analysts take part in Joint Investigation Teams which help solve criminal cases on the spot in EU countries . </P> <P> The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF), an initiative of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), is an inter-governmental body established in 1989 by the Ministers of its Member jurisdictions . The objectives of the FATF are to "set standards and promote effective implementation of legal, regulatory and operational measures for combating money laundering, terrorist financing and other related threats to the integrity of the international financial system ." To this end, the FATF developed a number of recommendations that have been recognized by law enforcement agencies around the world as the standard in the combating of TOC; specifically in the fight against money laundering, terror financing, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction . </P> <P> To help combat CTOC, the FATF maintains a policy that has proven successful thus far, in which it "names and shames" that jurisdictions that choose to not cooperate with FATF . It also enlists the help of cooperating countries in the crafting of legislative frameworks used in the effort to combat money laundering . </P>

Which of the following is not a characteristic of transnational organized crime