UN AND SOUTH KOREA PLOT ASIAN ANTI-CRIME JUDICIAL NETWORK
September 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the [South] Korean Institute of Criminology have signed an agreement to develop an Asian judicial cooperation unit, modelled on the European Union's (EU) Eurojust network. It would link prosecutors, special investigators, legal assistance and extradition authorities across Asia to help fight organised crime. The UNODC said it wanted a "common modus operandi" amongst these law enforcement professionals.
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THE UNITED Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the [South] Korean Institute of Criminology have signed an agreement to develop an Asian judicial cooperation unit, modelled on the European Union's (EU) Eurojust network. It would link prosecutors, special investigators, legal assistance and extradition authorities across Asia to help fight organised crime. The UNODC said it wanted a "common modus operandi" amongst these law enforcement professionals.
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