Amsterdam – Today and tomorrow, Justice Minister Andrea Orlando will be Amsterdam for the informal meeting of EU Justice Ministers organized under the Dutch Presidency of the European Union. On the agenda, there is cybercrime and how to improve the capacity of criminal courts to fight it. In particular, the participants will discuss how to best adapt the collection of electronic evidence so that is captures also the new phenomena of outsourcing data and cloud computing, as well as how to increase cooperation with Internet Service Providers. In addition, the ministers, in the wake of the political to strengthen the fight against jihadist terrorism, will begin the expansion of the criminal records network to include convictions reported in the European Union by third country nationals, on basis of a Commission proposal. On the sidelines of the meeting, Minister Orlando will holds talks with the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumer Protection and Gender Equality, Věra Jourová. During the meeting, Orlando will reiterate the need for a more ambitious approach in the negotiations for the creation of a European Public Prosecutor, who would play a crucial role in the fight against European budget fraud and, ultimately, in the fight against organized crime and its financing networks. (9Colonne)
