- 1 Executive Summary
- 2 Introduction
- 2.1 Background
- 2.2 Objectives of the study
- 2.3 Methodology
- 2.4 Terminology
- 2.4.1 Law enforcement authorities
- 2.4.2 Information and intelligence
- 2.4.3 Information and IT Channels
- 3 Identification and analysis of current exchanges of information
- 3.1 National Structures
- 3.2 Legal bases
- 3.2.1 Principle of Availability
- 3.2.2 Swedish Initiative
- 3.2.3 Prüm treaty
- 3.3 Scale of cross-border information exchange
- 3.4 Types of information
- 3.5 Communication channels and information flows
- 3.5.1 Police Channel
- 3.5.2 Customs channels
- 3.5.3 Bilateral and Regional Channels
- 3.5.4 Police and Customs Co-operation Centres
- 3.5.5 Use and selection of communication channels
- 3.5.6 Relationship between formal and informal methods of exchanging information
- 3.5.7 Work flows and interconnections of law enforcement systems
- 4 Common obstacles hampering efficient cross-border information exchange
- 4.1 Legal problems
- 4.2 Technical problems
- 4.3 Bottlenecks
- 4.4 Redundancies
- 5 Identification of law enforcement needs
- 5.1 Access to data
- 5.2 Time Limits
- 5.3 Quality of information and criminal intelligence
- 6 Good practices
- 7 Recommendations and conclusions
- 7.1 Conclusions
- 7.2 Recommendations
- 8 Bibliography
- Appendices
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