Cooperation with third countries in drug trafficking cases :Practical experiences of Liaison Prosecutors at Eurojust

Increasingly, drug trafficking investigations and prosecutions in the European Union have links to non-EU countries and practitioners see the need and opportunity to collaborate with these countries at the judicial level. Based on the practical experience of Liaison Prosecutors posted to Eurojust from several non-EU countries, this analysis paper offers guidance to judicial authorities in the EU by highlighting potential recurrent issues and challenges as well as best practices in judicial cooperation for these cases. The analysis paper includes country-specific, practical information on judicial cooperation in drug trafficking cases with eleven non-EU countries: Albania, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.