Joint investigation team
Joint investigation teams (JIT) are law enforcement and judicial teams set up jointly by EU national investigative agencies to handle cross-border crime. Joint investigation teams coordinate the investigations and prosecutions conducted in parallel by several countries.[1][2]
Description
A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) is formed based upon an agreement between competent authorities – both judicial (judges, prosecutors, investigative judges) and law enforcement – of two or more member states of the European Union (EU). They can be backed up by Eurojust and Europol, the EU judicial and law enforcement agencies.[2][1] Their terms of operation are based on Europol's Model Agreement for Setting up a Joint Investigation Team, as appended to Council of Europe Resolution 2017/C 18/01.[1]
History
After the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014, a joint investigation team conducting criminal investigation with representatives from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine was formed.[3]
A JIT was formed in April 2020 by the French
Also
References
- ^ a b c "Joint Investigation Teams - JITs". Europol. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
In accordance with the Council document establishing the Network of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams ( the JITs Network), the national experts' role is to facilitate the work of practitioners in the Member States, in association with Europol and Eurojust in their supportive role to JITs.
- ^ a b "General background". www.eurojust.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 2015-08-01. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- ^ Zaken, Ministerie van Algemene (2018-01-23). "The criminal investigation - MH17 incident - Government.nl". www.government.nl. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
- The Financial Times.
- ^ Kennedy, Rachael (2 July 2020). "EU authorities penetrate phone network in huge organised crime sting". Euronews.
External links
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