NCJ Number
124501
Journal
Police Journal Volume: 63 Issue: 2 Dated: (April-June 1990) Pages: 103-120
Date Published
1990
Length
18 pages
Annotation
It is clear that the political will exists to move towards a Europe without internal frontiers.
Abstract
With the setting up of the European Community in 1993, the necessary compensating measures are being adopted too late or not at all. Despite the efforts made in connection with the Schengen agreements and in the Trevi working parties, it is concluded that by 1993 insufficient progress will have been made on internationalizing police work, such as harmonizing disparate police systems, to enable cross-border crime to be effectively combatted. The development of international crime and police frustration is steadily increasing because, despite the reduction of checks carried out at internal frontiers, the police are stuck with outdated detection methods. Because the various treaties are not designed to solve problems of police cooperation, it might be appropriate to work on a multilateral treaty on police cooperation. This should promote far-reaching internationalization of police detection work so as to remove obstacles to an effective acceleration of the internationalization process and set up the necessary political and legal supervision. 4 tables, 2 footnotes, 24 references.