The UK does "not have as much influence or as much voice" within a major European law enforcement agency post-Brexit, says a police chief.
‘Something we have depended on’ – Losing access to EU crime database is biggest challenge facing police
10/02/2021
Sir Julian King told MPs that “data adequacy” for police was the “most significant, outstanding, unresolved issue” which had come out of the UK’s security agreement with the EU.
Restart Brexit talks because UK is ‘less safe and less secure’, Tory group tells Boris Johnson
17/02/2021
Talks to rebuild security cooperation with the EU must restart now after the Brexit deal left the UK “less safe and less secure”, a Conservative group says.
Police to lose access to database used more than 600 million times a year on 1 January.
Everyone should worry about no deal, the civil servant who was, until March, head of the Brexit department has said.
‘Efficiency and effectiveness’ at risk as terror threat raised and crime becomes increasingly transnational.
Leaked German government report shows Britain has been requesting special access. / Britain wants to ‘approximate the position of a member state as closely as possible’ when it comes to working with Europol, the EU’s law enforcement agency, the leaked report states.
Losing access to European security arrangements post-Brexit "will only benefit criminals", Scotland's justice secretary has said.
Police warn of ‘major operational impact’ when UK loses access to EU crime databases in January
17/11/2020
Key information systems will be lost even if a security deal is struck before 31 December, National Crime Agency says.
Senior officer says powers less effective if UK forces are denied access to criminal databases.
Police scramble to rescue files of suspected criminals and missing people amid no-deal fears
03/11/2020
Thousands of names ‘double keyed’ into Interpol system – in case screens ‘switched off’ in just eight weeks’ time.
UK could lose right to share security and business data with EU after Brexit, minister admits
16/06/2020
Alternatives 'might need to be pursued', James Brokenshire tells inquiry - prompting demands to reveal how UK will be 'protected'.
UK's ability to track suspected terrorists and major criminals is at risk because of Brexit, Raab admits
03/02/2020
Access to vital EU crime-fighting databases could be lost, MPs told – after Theresa May warns they ‘keep us safe’.
Minister says no deal is in place for extradition, data sharing and arrest warrants after Brexit.
Brexit warning over anti-trafficking body comes as lorry driver is charged with manslaughter.
Exactly four weeks before Britain leaves the EU’s single market following Brexit, it is still unclear how much access it will retain to the bloc’s data from security tools used in everything from combating crime to business information.
Dozens of British security officials working at Europol will be ejected from the European crime-fighting agency in the event of a no-deal Brexit, putting thousands of criminal investigations in the UK at grave risk of collapse.
It is "likely" the UK will leave Europol in the wake of Brexit unless a deal is made, the Home Secretary has said.
Prime minister’s remarks in article 50 letter prompt reply that other member states will not accept security collaboration as bargaining chip.
Brexit risks negative impacts on crime and trade in Northern Ireland when the transition period expires at the end of the year, two different UK parliamentary committees were told on Wednesday.
Losing access to EU intelligence data sharing will make UK citizens ‘ less safe’, warns former Met Police chief
18/07/2017
British citizens will be less safe if ministers fail to retain access to “mission critical” European intelligence services after Brexit, according to the former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Condon.