1. The interception of communications in the
Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal
Matters between the Member States of the
European Union of 20 May 2000.
Dr. (C).Mrs. Alicia González Monje
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2. Objectives of the Convention
 Improve judicial assistance: fast, flexible and effective.
 Direct transmission of requests.
 Use of mail notifications and transmission of documents.
 Aplication of law of the requesting State to the execution.
 Modernize the judicial assistance. Adaptation:
 Political and social evolution.
 Technologic evolution .
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3. Intervention Models
 Interception of telecommunications in need
of technical assistance from another State.
Article 18.
 Interception of telecommunications in the
country through service providers. Article 19.
 Interception of telecommunications without
the technical assistance from another State.
Article 20.
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4. Questionnaire about interception of
telecommunications(2005-2010)*
*Note from the Council of the European Union, from Presidency to Delegations, of
November 25, 2010
Type 1 Type 2 Type 3 Type 4
Interception,
recording and
subsequent
transmission of the
recording to the
requesting State.
Ordinary
interception of
telecommunications
with immediate
transmission.
Interception of
telecommunications
satellite using land
station.
Interception of
telecommunications
without technical
assistance of the
Member State in
which the objective
is found.
Most Commonly
used system
Technical difficulties
that make any
intervention
impossible
Italy and Denmark
ground station:
No State has
requested its use.
Absence of Statistics