ABSTRACT
The direction taken by the Lyon/Roma Group between 2002 and 2005 can be explained by the stranglehold the intelligence and law enforcement delegates had on the group's activities in the wake of September 11. According to the information obtained, the only two issues that would seem to have nothing to do with terrorism but which traditionally fall within the province of transnational organized crime were addressed only very obliquely by the Lyon/Roma Group between 2002 and 2005. The matters addressed by the Lyon/Roma Group between 2001 and 2005 indeed illustrate that priority was given largely to the prevention of terrorist attacks and the promotion of proactive tools for doing so. According to the interviews, there was definite continuity in the work of the Lyon/Roma Group between 2001 and 2005. Overall, its activities were not actually so very different from those of the Lyon Group prior to 2001, albeit with a greater focus on terrorism.
