Trust in International Police and Justice Cooperation

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The use of extra-territorial intelligence is growing among security, border, and public agencies. Internationally, rapidly evolving efforts to tackle transnational crime entail the exchange of intelligence across jurisdictions and state borders as well as the ‘linking’ of law enforcement operations. This book provides a number of different perspectives from across Europe, Australasia and Canada to examine recent cooperation experiences and the challenges faced in practice. The book brings together scholars from a range of legal and criminological fields to examine the legal imperatives and social parameters that shape international police and justice cooperation, and highlights the importance of both trust and clear legal rules to ensure effective cooperation. It focuses on areas where cooperation is now mandated, but where significant issues are raised, including: the international and regional methods of information and intelligence exchange and challenges to human rights protection; the coordination of international and regional exchange of evidence, such as forensic bioinformation; police cooperation in international investigations and the added value of formalising investigative strategies across jurisdictions regionally and internationally; and the operation, accountability and legitimacy of organisations and institutions of ‘cooperation’ in law enforcement and specific international policing ‘missions’. Contents 1 Introduction Part I: The Concept of Trust in International Police Cooperation 2 Establishing Trust Despite the Risk? An Analysis of the Need for Trust in Police Cooperation I. Introduction II. Trust and Risk III. "Risk" in Police Cooperation IV. Mitigation V. Conclusion 3 Police Cooperation in Europe, China and Australia: Does Trust Depend on the Political System? I. Introduction II. Legitimacy in a Global Context III. Conclusion 4 International Policing Missions: Establishing Trustworthy Policing in Low-trust Environments1 I. Introduction II. Structural Obstacles to Trusting Police III. Towards an Operational Concept of Trust IV. The Research V. Trust in Operational Policing VI. Conclusion Part II: Trust and International Cooperation Agencies 5 Trusted Travellers: Managing Mobility in Challenging Times I. Introduction II. Trusted Travellers and Transformative Borders III. Unpeeling the Layers of the Trusted Traveller Concept IV. Mobility Management as a Precautionary Practice V. Trusted Traveller Programmes in Action VI. Disentangling the Layers of Mobility Management VII. Making the Trusted Traveller Concept Tick VIII. Concluding Thoughts 6 Brand Interpol I. Introduction: What"s In a Brand? II. Brands and Trust III. Coke Has Pepsi, Microsoft Has Apple: Why Interpol Has No Brand Competition IV. Interpol: Establishing a Brand V. Behind the Interpol Brand VI. Brand Interpol, Global Governance Institutions and Accountability VII. Conclusion: Brand Image Is No Substitute for Democratic Legitimacy 7 The Evolving Role of Europol in the Fight Against Serious Crime: Current Challenges and Future Prospects I. Introduction II. Strengthening Europol"s Capacities: A Human Rights-Based Approach III. How to Become the Ideal Partner in the Cooperation Against Serious Crime IV. Conclusion 8 Building Trust and More: The Importance of Police Cooperation Networks in the European Union I. Introduction II. Operational and Non-operational Police Cooperation III. Cooperation Initiatives in Border Regions IV. Recent Cooperation Networks V. Police Cooperation Networks: Building Trust and More VI. Cooperation Networks and the Principle of Convergence VII. Conclusion 9 Trust and the International Exchange of Forensic Information I. Introduction II. Conclusion Part III: Case Studies of Trust in International Cooperation 10 Law Enforcement Cooperation between New Zealand and the United States: Serving the Internet "Pirate" Kim Dotcom Up on a "Silver Platter"? I. Introduction II. Taking Steps in the United States Against Megaupload III. Enforcement Action in New Zealand IV. Would You Like (All Their) Files with That, Sir? V. Conclusion 11 Transnational Policing and Its Contexts: Flexibility and (Dis)trust I. Introduction II. Untangling International and Transnational Systems III. Transnational Policing and Its Context IV. Transnational Systems: Reliance Upon Flexibility and (Dis)trust V. Soft Transnational Jurisprudence in Canada VI. Canadian Jurisprudence: A Precarious Equilibrium Between Liberty and Security VII. Transnational Policing VIII. Conclusion 12 Intelligence-led Use of International Forensic Exchange Channels I. Introduction II. Hype for International Police Cooperation III. The Disparity of Decision-making Processes IV. Different Geographical Situations V. Slowness of Systems VI. Seriousness of Cases VII. Strategy Development VIII. A Limited Study Within the Context of a Regional Analysis Centre IX. Conclusion Index