Eurojust Seminar Shows Best Practices for Joint Investigation Teams and Sharing Procedures

On July 17-18, 2008, Eurojust held a seminar in Toulouse, France, on ways to improve and give new impetus joint investigation teams and sharing procedures. Joint investigation teams (JITs) combine judges and investigators from several EU members in a single body to handle cases in which there is a common interest, to help them conduct joint investigations and improve the coordination of their respective actions. This facilitates strengthening links and ensures that information about the same criminal networks is shared more effectively. 25 joint investigation teams are currently operational with strong involvement from France and Spain in the field. The latter two countries alone have together established 12 JITs particularly in terrorist cases...[more]