The creation of TREVI was prompted by several terrorist acts , most notably the hostage taking and subsequent massacre during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , and the inability of Interpol at that time to effectively assist the European countries in combatting terrorism . While TREVI was initially intended to coordinate effective counterterrorism responses among European governments , it slowly extended its remit to many other issues in crossborder policing between the members of the European Community . Many of the practices and a large part of the structure of the former Third Pillar traced their origins to TREVI
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