Big changes ahead in the way criminal evidence is shared between European Union countries

The last decade has seen the European Union place unprecedented emphasis on increasing and improving the cooperation between EU Member States in criminal justice matters. Unfortunately, fundamental rights have been largely ignored in the process. Traditional safeguards and checks (for example, the need to show a prima facie case in extradition requests) have been stripped away in an effort to streamline the fight against cross-border crime and create an “area of justice, freedom and security” within Europe...(more)...