Eurojust and Denmark sign agreement on judicial cooperation

Eurojust and Denmark sign agreement on judicial cooperation

An Agreement on Criminal Justice Cooperation was signed today in Luxembourg between Eurojust, the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit, and the Kingdom of Denmark to continue their joint fight against cross-border organised crime, following approval by the European Council. The agreement enables transnational operational and strategic cooperation under the new Eurojust Regulation, as it allows Denmark to second a Representative to Eurojust to coordinate its criminal investigations and prosecutions with other Member States as well as third countries that have a cooperation agreement with Eurojust. Mr Ladislav Hamran, President of Eurojust, and Mr Nick Hækkerup, Minister of Justice of Denmark, signed the agreement.(...)