European arrest warrant

Of Sara Bianchi
Thursday 31 In March the Brussels Court of Appeal gave the green light to the surrender of Salah Abdeslam (known for the Paris terrorist attacks) to the French authorities. The terrorist was in fact detained, after his capture, in the maximum security area of ​​the Bruges prison and, following the attacks in Belgium, he invoked the right to silence and through his lawyer asked to be extradited to France.
When the transport will take place and the chosen means of transport are news that will remain secret until the last minute to avoid attempts at evasion or, worse, a new terrorist attack.

However, the procedure concerning Salah's surrender to France cannot be properly included within the extradition process as it, dal 13 June 2002, with the framework decision 2002/584/JHA of the European Union, was created, to make cooperation between countries easier, the instrument of the European arrest warrant which Italy implemented with law. n. 69/2005.
The functioning of the mandate can be summarized in this way: “A person who has committed a serious crime in a European Union country (EU) but who lives in another of them can be sent back to the first country to be brought to trial quickly and with little administrative burden.” Read More