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75 million Europeans each year become victims of crime. The European Union is guaranteeing their right to support, protection and access to justice. Wherever you are in the EU. Also, 8 million Europeans a year are accused or suspected of a crime. The EU is defending their rights to a fair trial: guaranteeing the right to information, translation and interpretation, access to a lawyer, and to contact their family and consulate when in another EU country.
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Consultation on Protecting the European Union's Financial Interests and Enhancing Prosecutions
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GREEN PAPER. Strengthening mutual trust in the European judicial area - A Green Paper on the application of EU criminal justice legislation in the field of detention.
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Fair trial rights: EU governments agree on the right to information in criminal proceedings
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 November 2011 – EU Member State representatives today agreed on a draft law that will ensure defendants’ right to information in criminal proceedings wherever they are in the EU....