Judicial cooperation on a
European-wide level is "the priority", said Italian Justice
Minister Andrea Orlando on Wednesday in a report to the Senate.
He cited an "impressive gap" between the breadth of events
linked to globalisation and "the tools we have available to
contend with them".
He said disagreements and old-fashioned stereotypes continue.
"The risk is that we end up standing guard over an empty
bin".
Orlando said the growth of international civil suits,
trans-border criminality, terrorism, drug and weapons
trafficking, human smuggling, cyber crime and counterfeiting
require an international response.
"That's why we strongly supported in recent months the
project of setting up a European prosecutor's office with a high
level of independence and efficiency," Orlando said.
"But thus far, the short-sighted concerns of individual
countries that won't give up their ideas about national systems
have prevailed. We've seen a progressive draining of means and
ends to the project".
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