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The first part of the article deals with the general concept of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT). After presenting the relevant legal instruments, the author focuses on Article 13 of the EU’s 2000 Mutual Legal Assistance Convention which includes the rules for setting up a JIT, its composition and competences and the information flow. The second part of the article analyses Europol’s involvement...
In a common project, Eurojust and Europol produced a guide to the EU Member States’ legislation on Joint Investigation Teams which gives an overview of the legal possibilities in all EU Member States to set up Joint Investigation Teams pursuant to Article 13 of the EU’s 2000 MLA Convention, as well as the means by which Europol and Eurojust can support these teams under each legal framework. The following...
The European Union will launch its own European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) by 2013. A related feasibility study carried out for the European Commission reveals that next to operational considerations strong data protection safeguards constitute one of the main factors for having the centre hosted at the European Police Office (Europol) ( http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1218.html , in particular,...
The article carries out an analysis of the operational legitimacy and political accountability of the two EU agencies responsible for securing the EU’s external border: Frontex and Europol. Using the multifaceted criteria of legitimacy and accountability developed by David Beetham and Mark Bovens, the author examines legitimacy from several perspectives (normative, demonstrative, administrative and...
Reacting to a series of terrorist attacks, the European Union has tasked Europol to establish an Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) to counter terrorist propaganda.The political statement entailed a clear commitment to fundamental rights including data protection. This paper analyses the present and future applicable legal bases and elaborates on challenges connected to the practical implementation of...
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