Areas of Added Value 1Permanent Mutual Legal Assistance Network 2Empowered MLA Network 3Facilities - Casework Meetings & Conferences 4Contact Points 5Integrated Approach: Tackling Organised Crime 6Voice Influencing Law-Makers & Others 7Casework Examples

Permanent 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 issuesClarity, Speed, and Certainty in MLA issues Resources, staff and equipmentResources, staff and equipment Eurojust has Legal PersonalityEurojust 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 powersEurojust has special powers Use powers to encourage better MLAUse powers to encourage better MLA

Eurojusts Powers Power to request competent authorities :Power to request competent authorities : –to investigate or prosecute specific acts* –to accept that one country is better placed to prosecute than another* –to co-ordinate with one another –to set up a Joint Investigation Team –to provide Eurojust with any information necessary to carry out its tasks*

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 CasesIndividual Cases AccommodationAccommodation

Casework Meetings Human Trafficking -Human Trafficking - –50/60 investigators and prosecutors across Europe Fundamentalist Terrorism -Fundamentalist Terrorism - –70 attended from EU and outside –Senior investigators and prosecutors + Europol –Senior reps - Switzerland, Liechtenstein and USA –Huge potential of this group. Eurojust helps them to work together to fulfil operational potential

Specialisms TerrorismTerrorism Trafficking in DrugsTrafficking in Drugs Trafficking PeopleTrafficking People European Arrest WarrantEuropean Arrest Warrant FraudFraud –Money Laundering –Fraud EU Budget Environmental CrimeEnvironmental Crime Internet - Cyber crimeInternet - Cyber crime Links to Liaison MagistratesLinks to Liaison Magistrates

Candidate States - Contact Points BulgariaBulgaria RomaniaRomania TurkeyTurkey –Pavlina Nikolova –Angela Nicolae –Ceyda Umit –Esin Ozbilgin

Other Countries - Contact Points LiechtensteinLiechtenstein NorwayNorway SwitzerlandSwitzerland USAUSA CanadaCanada RussiaRussia South AmericaSouth America –Robert Wallner –Knut Kallerud –Maria Schnebli –Elizabeth Farr –Elaine Krivel –Pavel Ivliev –Almost all states

Integrated Approach to Tackling Organised Crime Cross-border crime needs a whole case approachCross-border crime needs a whole case approach Need for co-ordinated action police investigators prosecutors and othersNeed for co-ordinated action police investigators prosecutors and others Too often find reasons for not integrating actionToo often find reasons for not integrating action Whatever the systems judicial input is powerful and necessary for effective resultsWhatever the systems judicial input is powerful and necessary for effective results

Intelligence Info rmati on Police and Judiciary - An Integrated Approach

Intelligence Info rmati on Evidence Police and Judiciary - An Integrated Approach

Intelligence Info rmati on Evidence Police and Judiciary - An Integrated Approach

Intelligence Info rmati on Evidence Confiscation of Assets Police and Judiciary - An Integrated Approach

Influencing Law-Makers Annual ReportAnnual 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