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Information Exchange and Data Protection in the Area of Law Enforcement

“Outcome report of the Eurojust meeting on the European investigation order (19-20 September 2018)”

The ECLAN Newsletter aims at keeping you at pace with developments in the field of European Criminal law. It is divided into five sections: 1) Legislation, 2) Case law, 3) Academic Activities

The focus of the report is on: “The European Public Prosecutor’s Office – From the Drawing Board to Implementation”

Eurojust Case Law by the Court of Justice of the European Union on the European Arrest Warrant

The EU is introducing new rules to improve the way member states exchange information on convictions of third country nationals. Council and Parliament negotiators today agreed on a reformed European criminal records information system ,ECRIS, that will now include a centralised database with information on convictions of third country nationals and stateless persons ,so-called ECRIS-TCN. This provisional political agreement will now have to be confirmed by the two institutions.

The meeting gathered around 120 participants: local authorities from Austria, EJN Contact Points from the EU Member States, candidate, associated and third countries, as well as representatives from Eurojust, the European Commission, the General Secretariat of the Council of the EU and EJN partners.

On 17th October 2018, the 10th National Correspondents Meeting of the European Judicial Network (EJN) took place in The Hague under the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

The Council today adopted a regulation on the mutual recognition of freezing and confiscation orders. The aim of the new rules is to ensure the effective freezing and confiscation of criminal assets across the EU. This will help make the EU more secure by tackling the financing of criminal activities, including acts of terrorism.

The Portuguese National meeting of the European Judicial Network that took place in Aveiro on 7th – 8th May 2018 was attended by 38 participants with the presence of Magistrates from Spain, the Portuguese EJN Contact Points, the members of the national Portuguese network, members of the Portuguese desk at Eurojust, and a representative of the EJN Secretariat.

EU expert specialized in combating trafficking of human beings (THB) and/or financial investigations related to THB needed.

The main goal of the regional meeting was the exchange of practical knowledge between the EJN contact points from Republic of Austria, Republic of Italy, Republic of Slovenia, Republic of Croatia and EJN contact points of the Western Balkan Countries in the field of judicial cooperation during the pre-trail phase of the proceedings.

France-Spain-Italy tripartite meeting to fight against organized crime - drug trafficking - trafficking in human beings

Poland organised the 2nd Regional and 9th National Meeting of the Contact Points of the European Judicial Network on 1 and 2 October 2018 in Warsaw, at the premises of the National Prosecutor’s Office.

On 13-14 September State Police of Ministry of Interior of Republic of Latvia (hereafter - State Police of Latvia) hosted a regional meeting involving EJN Contact Points from the judicial authorities of Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, and Taiwan.

On 27th to 28th September 2018 the Swedish Prosecution Authority hosted a regional EJN-meeting in Stockholm.