Cooperation between EU countries' internal investigators is to be strengthened

It is the department for special investigations, SU, within the Swedish police that has taken the initiative to the new network, which plans to have its first meeting in the spring, writes the Police Authority in a press release.

In the past, there were no secure channels and a forum where internal investigators could share information with their colleagues in the other Europol countries.

"Many times there are links between criminal acts such as corruption and crimes against the duty of secrecy and international crime," says Stefan Andersson, head of the intelligence unit at SU.

Using the network, internal investigators in different countries will be able to inform each other of the risks and trends they see, and the methods they use to detect and investigate crimes committed by employees in the judicial system.

Participants from the different countries will also be able to collaborate on the question of how to best build an organization for internal investigations, the press release states.

"By raising the quality and strengthening the independence of Sweden and other European internal investigative activities, we will detect and prosecute crimes," says Ebba Sverne Arvill, head of the special investigations department of the police.

Sweden will convene the internal investigators from the other countries.

- We have already met with great interest from Europe's internal investigation organizations to be part of a new international forum for our issues, says Stefan Andersson.