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The role of digital evidence in the European Agenda on Security

As stated in the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council (COM(2016) 230 final) delivering on the European Agenda on Security to fight against terrorism and pave the way towards an effective and genuine Security Union: A key element in successfully preventing, investigating and prosecuting serious and organised crime and terrorism- related offences is rapidly securing and obtaining digital evidence, as highlighted in the joint statement of 24 March 2016 of the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs and representatives of EU institutions on the terrorist attacks in Brussels. Relevant information is frequently held by private companies, on their servers, often located outside the territory of the investigating law enforcement agency and therefore outside its jurisdiction. Aside from mutual legal assistance procedures and a few limited rules in international agreements, no harmonised approach exists on how to access such information. As a result, a wide array of different national approaches has evolved, which poses problems for investigation. This presentation is tackling the priorities of the European Agenda on Security and the role that digital evidence could have in securing listed goals.

EU Agenda on security, digital evidence, priorities

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