NCJ Number
213768
Date Published
2005
Length
8 pages
Annotation
This article summarizes the presentations made at the 11th United Nations Congress on Crime and Prevention and Criminal Justice, which revolved around the theme: “Enhancing International Law Enforcement Cooperation, including Extradition Measures.”
Abstract
Overall, presentations and discussions at this workshop focused on the strengths and weaknesses of existing infrastructure, agreements, and activities among the international community in terms of the prevention of transnational crime and the pursuit of justice. Among the success identified in the effort toward international law enforcement cooperation were: (1) the use of formal agreements; (2) the use of multilateral agreements; (3) ongoing face-to-face meetings, trainings, and technical assistance; and (4) using economic and development associations as a platform for crime-related agreements. Five main areas emerged as needing further improvements toward international law enforcement cooperation: (1) available information and databases should be better utilized; (2) the extradition process needs to be made more efficient; (3) developing countries need help improving their capacity for law enforcement cooperation; (4) international cooperation needs to be tracked and reported in order to measure progress; and (5) wider ratification of existing instruments is needed to facilitate the pace of international law enforcement cooperation. As representatives from many of the countries noted, to effectively fight transnational crime, it is essential that the international community come together in an organized way to facilitate international law enforcement cooperation. Figures, footnotes