2. Eurojust'S Mission and Tasks – In the Service of National Public Prosecutors
Mr Klaus Meyer-Cabri
National Member for Germany
Chair of the Brussels Team
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3. European Union How to coordinate effectively in the field of justice?
28 Member States >500 million inhabitants
30 different national legal systems
28 investigative/
prosecutorial models
Cooperation with third States
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4. The EU answer
No. 46 Conclusion of the TAMPERE EUROPEAN COUNCIL 15 AND 16 OCTOBER 1999
“To reinforce the fight against serious organised crime, the European Council has agreed that a unit (EUROJUST) should be set up composed of national prosecutors, magistrates, or police officers of equivalent competence, detached from each Member State according to its legal system. EUROJUST should have the task of facilitating the proper coordination of national prosecuting authorities and of supporting criminal investigations in organised crime cases, notably based on Europol's analysis, as well as of co-operating closely with the European Judicial Network, in particular in order to simplify the execution of letters rogatory. The European Council requests the Council to adopt the necessary legal instrument by the end of 2001.”
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5. The EU answer : EUROJUST
28 EU PROSECUTORS/JUDGES
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6. Eurojust at a glance
Without harmonization of national penal or procedural codes
In essence Eurojust is a service organization for the national investigative and prosecution offices
Organizing coordination of investigations and prosecutions and cooperation between competent national authorities
College of Eurojust: 28 National Members - experienced prosecutors, judges or police officers of equivalent competence
Unique coordination tools – coordination meetings and coordination centres
Centre of legal and judicial expertise
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7. Role of Eurojust
Supporting Member States in fighting serious organised crime
Resolving legal & practical challenges of 30 legal systems
Bringing together judicial & law enforcement authorities
Direct exchange of information in ongoing investigations
Ensure seizures, search warrants
Admissibility of evidence
Execution of EAW
Settle where to prosecute
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8. Operational Focus
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9. Eurojust’s operational focus (2014-2017)
Drug trafficking
Illegal Immigration Smuggling
Trafficking in Human Beings
Fraud
Corruption
Cybercrime
Criminal offences affecting the European Union’s Financial interests (PIF)
Organised Property Crimes
Terrorism
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10. EUROJUST fighting serious cross border crime
…a wide range of crime; same crime list as Europol; EMPACT…
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11. Steady increase of EUROJUST’S casework
….A teaser for the Annual report 2015;
Very proud…
Major increase in cases registered in 2014 and 2015
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12. Eurojust’s Direct Operational Work: Judicial Cooperation & Coordination
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13. Case example – Stroke of Luck
In total 440 criminal offences - relating to stolen cars and valuable car parts, such as navigation systems and airbags, causing damages of 7,5 Million Euro
Children between years old were sent from Lithuania to Germany to “work” - break into cars.
6 OCG‘s (organised crime groups)
3 Coordination Meetings (LT, DE)
Searches of 100 properties
47 Arrests
International cooperation and coordination between the prosecution office in Essen, Germany and The Prosecutor General’s Office of Lithuania.
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14. Coordination meetings (2015)
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15. Coordination centres (2015)
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16. Judicial and legal support
European Arrest Warrants
Concurrence of several EAWs
Legal issues and practical assistance
Prevention / resolution of conflicts of jurisdiction
Requests for Mutual legal assistance
Evidence gathering
Controlled deliveries
Freezing / confiscation
Contacts with third States
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17. Joint Investigation Teams (JITs)
Agreement between countries - specific purpose and limited duration
Added value: Facilitates direct exchange of information and simplifies cooperation and coordination
Eurojust national members can participate in JITs
Eurojust supports:
JIT agreements
strategic and legal advice
coordination of action
JIT funding
hosts the JITs Network Secretariat
Large use of JITs by practitioners as an efficient and effective tool to coordinate cross-border investigations and prosecutions. In a significant number of cases, JITs are established between more than two States - which are not necessarily neighbouring countries – and support the investigation of a wide range of crime types. The flexibility of the tool, in particular to support informal communication and exchange of information and evidence, is almost unanimously highlighted. Where it is used, the participation of JIT seconded members – operating outside their State of origin - is seen as beneficial for the efficiency of the investigation. In a vast majority of cases, JITs also appear to facilitate a common approach to the communication with the media on the outcome of the investigation.
Among the challenges identified, the differences in timeframes of domestic proceedings – for legal or practical reasons – can impede the functioning of a JIT, for instance when one of the partners has to leave the JIT before the cooperation needs of others have all been fulfilled. When it comes to best practice, since JITs often coexist with mutual legal assistance - in particular towards States that do not join the JIT - practitioners report that the existence of a JIT can give more weight towards the requested State and facilitate the timely execution of the requests as well as the sharing between JIT partners of evidence collected via MLA.
Proposal for the next JIT network meeting to focus on JITs in illegal immigrant smuggling cases (in June 2016) - tbc
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18. JIT grants managed by the JITS NS 1 M€ for 2016
In 2015:
144 applications
68 JIT financially assisted
46 JITs set up with Eurojust assistance
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19. Eurojust’s indirect operational work: Strategic and tactical activities
Strategic meetings
Focus on a topic of interest to all Member States
Facilitate the awareness raising process
Platform to exchange information and best practice
1. Keys to Cybercrime
Tactical meetings
Eurojust questionnaire
Focus on a specific phenomenon
Participation of experts in the specific topic
Illegal Migrant Smuggling
2. Terrorism –
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20. Eurojust latest products
Terrorism Convictions Monitor
EUROJUST LIMITED
Maritime Piracy Judicial Monitor
CBRN-E Handbook
PUBLIC DOCUMENT
Contributions to Europol’s SOCTA & TE-SAT Reports
Reports are publicly available
External Newsletters: Counter-Terrorism, THB, Cybercrime, JIT, EPPO, Environmental crime, MTIC, EAW, Freezing and confiscation, Conflicts of jurisdiction, etc.
All newsletters are available on Eurojust’s website
Eurojust Report on Foreign Fighters 2015
EUROJUST RESTRICTED
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21. EUROJUST NATIONAL COORDINATION SYSTEM (ENCS) EXTERNAL RELATIONS
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22. Eurojust National Coordination System (ENCS)
ENCS Members:
The national correspondents for Eurojust, for terrorism matters, for the EJN, up to three other contact points of the EJN...
Aims:
Coordinate the work carried out by key national players
Facilitate Eurojust tasks within the MS
Create a link between Eurojust and practitioners’ networks
Functions:
Eurojust receives information in an efficient and reliable manner
Assist - a case should be dealt with by Eurojust or the EJN?
Maintain close relations with the Europol National Unit
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23. Cooperation with third States
Cooperation agreements
Norway
Iceland
USA
Switzerland
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Liechtenstein
Moldova
Montenegro
Pending cooperation agreement between Eurojust and Ukraine
Liaison prosecutors at Eurojust
Eurojust Contact Points in third States
Type of requests
To speed up or facilitate the execution of extradition and MLA requests in relation to
hearings by videoconference,
transfer of criminal proceedings,
execution of freezing and confiscation orders,
obtaining of banking evidence;
requests for criminal records and
interception of communications.
To provide assistance in identification of contact details of competent authorities in third States.
To provide assistance in clarification of legal requirements and relevant legislation in third States.
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24. Eurojust contact points in 39 States
At present, a total of 39 third States have Eurojust contact points and Eurojust will continue its efforts to extend its worldwide network of contact points.
Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Egypt, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, Iceland, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Norway, Palestinian Authority, Peru, the Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan (Republic of China), Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.
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25. ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
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26. The new Eurojust Regulation
17 July 2013: COM Proposals on Eurojust and EPPO Regulations – “package approach”
Reform of Eurojust in light of Lisbon Treaty – “no revolution”
EPPO a major step in the EU area of freedom, security and justice
Different procedures for adoption of the two Regulations: different roles for European Parliament and Council
Council progressed on Eurojust Regulation - Relationship with EPPO to be defined
European Parliament: discussions started but no position on Eurojust Regulation yet
Europol Regulation – Adopted by the Parliament on 11 May Will take effect as of 1 May 2017
Important: the operational work will NOT change
Eurojust will remain a service organization for the national Prosecution Offices.
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27. Eurojust – Europol – EPPO: synergies
Duplication of mandate between Eurojust and Europol should be avoided - judicial coordination role of Eurojust to be safeguarded; clear JIT funding mechanism necessary
Eurojust’s competence should be defined on need basis - ‘other types of offences’ to be covered; list of crimes should be aligned with Europol; EPPO competence for PIF exclusive?
Clarification of roles/relation between Eurojust and EPPO is needed - operational, practical and budgetary correlations and impact on Eurojust’s work and functioning
Cooperation between the EPPO and non-participating Member States needs to be facilitated – set of options, role for Eurojust?
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28. Case Statistics
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29. Requesting/Requested Member States 2015
Total: 2214 Cases
Requesting
Requested BE 35
156 BG 99 94 CZ 88 70 DK
113 52 DE
112
331 EE 27 33 IE 34 46 EL
193 60 ES 77
222 FR
140
241 HR 24 51 IT
248 CY 18 91 LV 39 62 LT 59 56 LU 21 55 HU 96 93 MT 29 NL AT
121 PL
166 PT 69 RO
147 SI
109 SK 92 FI 38 SE
100 UK 87
243
140/241
77/222
112/331
193/60
96/93
99/248
87/243
147/156
99/94
69/69
34/46
29/29
56/92
109/46
156/121
88/70
88/166
21/55
52/222
35/156
59/56
39/62
27/33
100/56
39/38
24/51
113/52
18/91
Requesting/ Requested
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Statistics produced with data retrieved from CMS on 14 January 2016.
Due to the ongoing nature of cases the figures may change after the reporting date.

30. Coordination Meetings 2015
Total: 274 CMs
Organizing*
Participating BE 13 48 BG 4 12 CZ 9 23 DK 6 17 DE 25 78 EE 7 8 IE 1 14 EL 2 ES 19 43 FR 53 36 HR IT 26 CY LV LT 16 LU HU MT NL 62 AT PL 29 PT 11 RO SI SK 3 FI 10 SE 15 UK 28 69 CH NO
53/36
19/43
25/78
2/8
7/19
25/26
28/69
4/29
4/12
2/11
1/14
2/1
3/7
1/6
7/16
9/23
0/8
19/62
13/48
8/16
7/12
7/8
11/15
4/10
1/5
6/17
0/6
Organizing/ Participating
2/14
3/19
Data confirmed by National Desks by 15 January 2016.
Only coordination meetings on cases registered in the College are included in the overview.
*In 2015 there were 3 coordination meetings that were co-organized by two countries: one by France and Germany, one by Germany and Bulgaria and one by Bulgaria and Switzerland. For each of those 3 coordination meetings, both countries have been included in the overview as organizing.
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31. National Member for Germany
Klaus Meyer-Cabri
National Member for Germany
Eurojust
02 June 2016