The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) was first introduced to facilitate the swift extradition of those wanted to stand trial and serve sentences for very serious offences, such as terrorism. In practice, it has been used to cover a wide range of criminal offences, including the full gamut of white collar crimes, most notably carousel and missing trader frauds. However, from 1 January 2021 the UK will lose access to the EAW, along with other important European cross-border criminal cooperation measures such as the Schengen Information System. In the event of a no-deal exit, from 1 January 2021: 1. The UK will be disconnected from all EU networks, information systems and databases; 2. The UK will no longer be able to participate in EU criminal justice agencies like Europol and Eurojust, and will be treated as a third country; and 3. Judicial cooperation procedures including the EAW scheme, will no longer be available to the UK.
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