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The European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (Eurojust)

Eurojust is a judicial cooperation body created in 2002 to help provide safety within an area of freedom, security and justice. Its competence covers serious crimes including drug trafficking, money laundering, computer crime, crime against property or public goods including fraud and corruption. The National Members, 27 EU prosecutors and judges, improve the coordination of investigation and prosecution of serious crime covering the territory of more than one Member State with full respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.

Eurojust–EMCDDA cooperation

The EMCDDA and Eurojust share a common interest in knowledge of the differences between, and the enforcement and implementation of, drug trafficking laws across Europe. For this reason, in 2007 Eurojust designated the National Member chairing the Trafficking and Related Crimes team as the Eurojust contact point for all EMCDDA-related matters. The Eurojust representative was invited to the annual EMCDDA legal experts meetings where trafficking issues were discussed. Comparative information about precursor trafficking laws and national requirements to authorise controlled deliveries has in turn been passed to Eurojust from the EMCDDA.

In 2011, EMCDDA contributed to the Strategic Seminar organised by Eurojust and the Polish Presidency on Drug Trafficking in Krakow, Poland, while Eurojust assisted the EMCDDA in the development of a new European key indictor on drug supply reduction as set out in the EU Drugs Action Plan 2009–12.

A formal cooperation agreement between the Agencies should be signed in 2012.

Contact information

Eurojust

Maanweg 174
2516 AB The Hague
The Netherlands

Phone: +31 70 412 5000
Fax: +31 70 412 5005
Email: info[a]eurojust.europa.eu
Web: eurojust.europa.eu

About the EMCDDA

The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) is the reference point on drugs and drug addiction information in Europe. Inaugurated in Lisbon in 1995, it is one of the EU’s decentralised agencies. Read more >>

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EMCDDA
Cais do Sodré
1249-289 Lisbon
Portugal
Tel. (351) 211 21 02 00
Fax (351) 218 13 17 11

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Page last updated: Monday, 05 March 2012