Near border information exchange procedures for law enforcement authorities

Abstract

European integration has increased organized crime, e.g. the transport of illegal goods in Europe. This means that the transmitting of tracking and other status information between nations and their Law Enforcement Authorities (LEAs) should become an everyday business. The goal of this paper is to find possible bottle necks in international cooperation between LEAs and to find possible solutions for them. The following area can be considered as a part of the MACICO (Multi-Agency Cooperation In Cross-border Operations) Celtic Plus research project. The target of the paper is to present administrative and technical solutions to improve multiorganizational tracking solutions. Namely, the goal is to make it possible to create a timely situational picture in joint multinational and interagency operations. This paper will provide guidance for preparing appropriate plans and doctrine proposals for joint operations and training. Also technical solutions and bottlenecks are briefly covered in this paper.