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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