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The deal on the disputed evidence warrant is of "paramount importance", says the EU justice commissioner (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

EU clinches deal on transfer of criminal evidence across borders

EU ministers have hammered out rules to make it easier and faster for judges and prosecutors to exchange evidence needed for cross-border investigations.

The so-called European evidence warrant - agreed by interior ministers in a meeting in Luxembourg on Thursday (1 June) - is a scheme designed to support the arrest warrant which paves the way for the faster transfer of criminal suspects across the EU.

It enables judges and law-enforcement officials to speedily exchange evidence -...

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The deal on the disputed evidence warrant is of "paramount importance", says the EU justice commissioner (Photo: © European Community, 2005)

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