How the East of England benefits from the EU... Security

The text below has been reproduced from the Liberal Democrats' national website at http://www.libdems.org.uk/europe-eengland

#INtogether we are stronger in the fight against terrorism and organised crime. Our police have access to vital tools like the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) which allows criminals to be caught easily across Europe and brought to justice, and Europol the EU's crime-fighting agency that helps law enforcement work together across borders.

• In the East of England, the EAW was been used to remove 589 criminals and bring 40 criminals to face justice in the UK since 2010.

Case studies

• Suffolk: A conman who ran a £5.7m escort scam which ripped off thousands of people in the UK was jailed along with five others for seven and a half years. After an investigation by Suffolk Trading Standards, a European Arrest Warrant was issued for Muldoon and having lived in Spain for 27 years, he was deported from Fuengirola to stand trial in Suffolk.
• Norfolk: In 2008, Patrick Burnell was arrested and extradited from the Czech Republic for a string of child sex offences committed in Norfolk and Suffolk. His arrest and subsequent was trial made possible under the European Arrest Warrant.
• Essex:In 2015, Daniel McDonald was extradited to the Czech Republic on drugs smuggling charges. He was initially arrested in 2009 in Prague but returned to the UK before being deported in December 2015. Czech authorities had issued a European Arrest Warrant.
• Hertfordshire:In December 2015, two Islamist preachers returned to the UK to stand trial on terrorism charges. Trevor Brooks and Simon Keele had been deported from Hungary after British police issued a European Arrest Warrant.