The NCA has responded to questions posed by the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee on the impact of Brexit on the future of UK security co-operation. In response to the loss of access to the Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II), the NCA said that it had recruited and trained over 60 additional […]
A spokesperson for the UK Supreme Court said on Wednesday 26 August that following the assurances regarding the use of the death penalty in the case of Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, given by US Attorney General William P. Barr, the stay preventing the sharing of information with US authorities must be lifted. The […]
Unites States Attorney General William P. Barr, in a letter to the UK Secretary of State for the Home Department (’SSHD’) Priti Patel MP, has provided an assurance that in exchange for the UK acquiescing to a US request for mutual legal assistance (’MLA’), the US will not seek the death penalty in any prosecution […]
The Secretary of State for the Home Department (“SSHD”) announced yesterday, 6 July, that the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (“IPC”) Sir Brian Leveson, will provide independent oversight of the UK-US Data Sharing Agreement (“the Agreement”) due to come into force later this year. The Agreement, the first of its kind made under the US Cloud Act, […]
Minister of State for Security, James Brokenshire, announced in a written statement to Parliament on Monday 15 June that the UK will begin exchanging the DNA data of those suspected, but not convicted, of a crime, with EU member states. DNA data of those convicted of a crime has been shared as part of the […]
Hennie Verbeek-Kusters, outgoing Chair of the Egmont Group, a collective of 164 financial intelligence units (“FIUs”), and her successor Mariano Federici have expressed concerns regarding the efficacy of cross-border investigations that are suffering as a result of uncooperative jurisdictions and an unsatisfactory mutual legal assistance framework. Ms Verbeek-Kusters told the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic […]
On 27th July 2018, the UK suspended the provision of Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) to the US in relation to the intended prosecution of Alexanda Amon Kotey and El Shafee el-Sheikh. Mr Kotey and Mr el-Sheikh are suspected to be members of ISIS who were responsible for the murders of numerous British and American journalists. […]
On 8 October 2015, it was reported that the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland had confirmed that the United Kingdom has sought mutual legal assistance from Switzerland, with respect to the Nigerian energy magnate, Kola Aluko. According to reports, Mr Aluko is currently residing in the canton of Ticino, in southern Switzerland. The […]
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