Areas of Added Value Areas of Added Value

1 Permanent Mutual Legal Assistance NetworkPermanent Mutual Legal Assistance Network

2 Empowered MLA NetworkEmpowered MLA Network

3 Facilities - Casework Meetings & Conferences Facilities - Casework Meetings & Conferences

4 Contact PointsContact Points

5 Integrated Approach: Tackling Organised CrimeIntegrated Approach: Tackling Organised Crime

6 Voice Influencing Law-Makers & OthersVoice Influencing Law-Makers & Others

7 Casework ExamplesCasework Examples

Permanent MLA NetworkPermanent MLA Network

• Permanently Based in Premises in The HaguePermanently Based in Premises in The Hague

• 25 National Members - always available25 National Members - always available

• Clarity, Speed, and Certainty in MLA issues Clarity, Speed, and Certainty in MLA issues

• Resources, staff and equipmentResources, staff and equipment

• Eurojust has Legal Personality Eurojust has Legal Personality

Empowered Network Empowered Network

• Not just a list of people dealing with MLANot just a list of people dealing with MLA

• Eurojust has special powers Eurojust has special powers

• Use powers to ‘encourage’ better MLAUse powers to ‘encourage’ better MLA

Eurojust’s PowersEurojust’s Powers

• Power to request competent authorities :Power to request competent authorities :– to investigate or prosecute specific actsto investigate or prosecute specific acts**– to accept that one country is better placed to to accept that one country is better placed to

prosecute than anotherprosecute than another**– to co-ordinate with one another to co-ordinate with one another – to set up a Joint Investigation Teamto set up a Joint Investigation Team– to provide Eurojust with any information to provide Eurojust with any information

necessary to carry out its tasksnecessary to carry out its tasks**

Meeting Facilities Meeting Facilities

• Meeting Rooms in The HagueMeeting Rooms in The Hague

• Translation Facilities & SecurityTranslation Facilities & Security

• Experience & brokerage of co-ordinationExperience & brokerage of co-ordination

• Strategic Approach - Case TypesStrategic Approach - Case Types

• Individual Cases Individual Cases

• Accommodation Accommodation

Casework MeetingsCasework Meetings • Human Trafficking - Human Trafficking -

– 50/60 investigators and prosecutors across Europe50/60 investigators and prosecutors across Europe

• Fundamentalist Terrorism - Fundamentalist Terrorism - – 70 attended from EU and outside 70 attended from EU and outside

– Senior investigators and prosecutors + Europol Senior investigators and prosecutors + Europol

– Senior reps - Switzerland, Liechtenstein and USA Senior reps - Switzerland, Liechtenstein and USA

– Huge potential of this group. Eurojust helps them Huge potential of this group. Eurojust helps them to work together to fulfil operational potentialto work together to fulfil operational potential

SpecialismsSpecialisms

• Terrorism Terrorism • Trafficking in DrugsTrafficking in Drugs• Trafficking People Trafficking People • European Arrest European Arrest

Warrant Warrant • Fraud Fraud

– Money LaunderingMoney Laundering

– Fraud EU Budget Fraud EU Budget

• Environmental Crime Environmental Crime • Internet - Cyber crimeInternet - Cyber crime• Links to Liaison Links to Liaison

MagistratesMagistrates

Candidate States - Contact PointsCandidate States - Contact Points

• BulgariaBulgaria• Romania Romania • Turkey Turkey

– Pavlina NikolovaPavlina Nikolova– Angela NicolaeAngela Nicolae– Ceyda UmitCeyda Umit– Esin OzbilginEsin Ozbilgin

Other Countries - Contact PointsOther Countries - Contact Points

• LiechtensteinLiechtenstein

• NorwayNorway

• SwitzerlandSwitzerland

• USA USA

• CanadaCanada

• RussiaRussia

• South AmericaSouth America

– Robert Wallner Robert Wallner

– Knut KallerudKnut Kallerud

– Maria SchnebliMaria Schnebli

– Elizabeth FarrElizabeth Farr

– Elaine KrivelElaine Krivel

– Pavel IvlievPavel Ivliev

– Almost all statesAlmost all states

Integrated Approach to Integrated Approach to Tackling Organised CrimeTackling Organised Crime

• Cross-border crime needs a whole case approachCross-border crime needs a whole case approach

• Need for co-ordinated action police investigators Need for co-ordinated action police investigators prosecutors and othersprosecutors and others

• Too often find reasons for not integrating actionToo often find reasons for not integrating action

• Whatever the systems judicial input is powerful Whatever the systems judicial input is powerful and necessary for effective resultsand necessary for effective results

IntelligenceIntelligence

InfoInformatirmation on

Police and Judiciary - Police and Judiciary - An Integrated ApproachAn Integrated Approach

IntelligenceIntelligence

InfoInformatirmation on

EvidenceEvidence

Police and Judiciary - Police and Judiciary - An Integrated Approach An Integrated Approach

IntelligenceIntelligence

InfoInformatirmation on

EvidenceEvidence

Police and Judiciary - Police and Judiciary - An Integrated ApproachAn Integrated Approach

IntelligenceIntelligence

InfoInformatirmation on

EvidenceEvidence

Confiscation of AssetsConfiscation of Assets

Police and Judiciary - Police and Judiciary - An Integrated ApproachAn Integrated Approach

Influencing Law-Makers Influencing Law-Makers

• Annual Report Annual Report

• Recommendations to improve MLA systemsRecommendations to improve MLA systems

• Recommendations to improve MLA lawsRecommendations to improve MLA laws

• Publicity for problems and blockagesPublicity for problems and blockages

• Example - Europol links to EurojustExample - Europol links to Eurojust