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By APD writer Aditya Nugraha
**LONDON, Oct. 18 (APD) - **
European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom have made commitments to agree arrangements on exchanging security-related data, co-operating on investigations and prosecutions, and efforts to combat money laundering and terrorism.
The commitments were made in the currently developing process that may lead to Brexit later this month as leaders of the two sides have recently agreed the deals related to the exiting.
The security cooperation would also cover intelligence information sharing, particularly on counter-terrorism, hybrid threats, and cyber threats.
The commitments were stated in a political declaration, which is attached to the revised and legally binding withdrawal agreement. The declaration states that the two parties “should establish effective arrangements” for the surrender of persons suspected or convicted of crimes.
The Brexit has a consequence to exclude UK from key EU criminal justice tools. These tools include the European Arrest Warrant, joint investigation teams, various criminal databases, and Britain’s membership of Europol, the EU police agency, and Eurojust, the EU judicial co-operation body.
Future EU and UK security cooperation would commit to “reciprocal” police and judicial cooperation with arrangements to cover data exchange, operational cooperation between law enforcement authorities and judicial cooperation in criminal matters and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing.
“Effective and swift data exchange and analysis is vital,” the declaration said. The two sides should establish reciprocal arrangements of exchange on Passenger Name Record, DNA, fingerprints, and vehicle registration data.
Information sharing on wanted or missing persons and objects and criminal records was also advis cooperation arrangements between EU and UK.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)