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The Nordic Police Cooperation

The Nordic Police Cooperation. Maren Eline Kleiven. Overview. Background The Nordic Passport Union The Nordic Police Cooperation PTN The Baltic Sea Region NBPA BSTF – and Russia Regional Cooperation - challenges. Maren Eline Kleiven. 9.4.2009. Background. Police Superintendent

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The Nordic Police Cooperation

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  1. The Nordic Police Cooperation Maren Eline Kleiven

  2. Overview • Background • The Nordic Passport Union • The Nordic Police Cooperation • PTN • The Baltic Sea Region • NBPA • BSTF – and Russia • Regional Cooperation - challenges Maren Eline Kleiven 9.4.2009

  3. Background • Police Superintendent • The Norwegian Police University College • Instructor Eastern Europe • Masters International Police Science UoP • Bachelor Specialised Option Course IPC • Master Module IPC

  4. The Nordic Passport Union • Established in1954 • Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland • Border free zone • Forerunner to the Schengen Agreement

  5. The Nordic Police Cooperation • Nearly 40 years old • Gentlemans agreement • Nordic Police Cooperation Agreement 1972 • Investigation and criminal law procedures • Revised in 2002 • Guidance • Interpol

  6. Norwegian and Swedish police cooperates in Strømstad

  7. PTN • Formalised in 1987 • Police, Customs, Nordic • 36 liaison officers • Initially illegal smuggling and drugs • Production and transit countries • Today generalists • Also Human trafficking, child pornography

  8. The Baltic Sea region

  9. Nordic Baltic Police Academy • Baltic States = Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia • Integration process into EU • NBPA • Training/educating police officers • Reforming the police

  10. Batic Sea Task Force • Organized crime in the Baltic Region • Need for regional cooperation • Founded in 1996 by CBSS • Forum for Police chiefs and Ministers of Justice • Also other forms of cooperation: • Expert groups • Training • Operational projects

  11. Baltic Sea Task Force • Crime prevention abroad • Exchange of information • All forms of serious international crime • Common interests and targets • Projects like stolen vehicles

  12. BSTF and Russia • 1998 – Operative Committee (OPC) • OPC – coordinating the police cooperation • Europol expansion 2002 • Russia key external strategic partner • BSTF assists in establishing and monitoring criminal justice cooperation between Russia and the Baltic Sea region • EU Action Plan on common action with Russia

  13. Regional cooperation - challenges • BSTF and EU younger than the Nordic Cooperation • Baltic States are recently reformed • Trust issues • Different laws and regulations • Different criminal justice systems • Different perceptions of threat

  14. Conclusion • The Nordic police cooperation has proven: successful cooperation across borders is possible within existing national and international legislation, and • that a pragmatic approach which includes operational measures may be a better way to go than finding a joint legal framework which in many regions would be unattainable.

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