Source: European Parliament
Mr Ladislav Hamran, the President of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation since 2017, will present to LIBE Committee Members the Agency, its role and current activities.
Created in 2002 and headquartered in The Hague, its mission is to support coordination and cooperation among national investigating and prosecuting authorities in order to tackle “serious crimes” that affect two or more Member States.
Following the adoption of the Eurojust Regulation ((EU) 2018/1727), three significant amendments have been introduced, providing the agency with the legal authority to collect, preserve and share evidence on war crimes, reinforce its powers to combat serious crimes (digital exchange in terrorism cases -and establish a platform to support the functioning of Joint Investigation Teams. An evaluation of the Eurojust Regulation’s implementation must be carried out by the European Commission by the end of the current year.