EU MINISTERS BOOST CROSS BORDER CRIME COOPERATION

BY KEITH NUTHALL DETAILED rules boosting cooperation between European Union (EU) police forces in fighting cross-border crimes, including fraud, have been agreed by the EU Council of Ministers for justice and home affairs. These include new procedures for the automated transfer of vehicle registration and other crime-related data, DNA and fingerprint profiles. They generally allow police instant access to data held by a foreign EU police force. The new EU decision does however include special data protection arrangement regarding privacy and to protection of ...


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