Sarah Ludford MEP

No fishing expeditions with European Arrest Warrant

11.09.56am GMT Thu 13th Mar 2008

Sarah Ludford has raised doubts about a police bid to use the European Arrest Warrant not only

to return people for prosecution but also for questioning. She believes that in the absence of much more work in Europe on raising the quality of criminal justice and making safeguards like access to legal aid and the recording of interviews universal this could be abused and lead to serious prejudice to individuals disproportionate to the interest of law enforcement.

You can listen to the MP3 of Sarah discussing the proposals here:

http://www.sarahludfordmep.org.uk/resources/index/

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