Translation of "Straftaten verfolgen" in English

It is therefore important to consistently prosecute and punish hate crimes.

The effect of the principle of legality is that the prosecutor can be responsible for proceeding against only certain very clearly defined offences.

However, what this tool was never intended for was to investigate and punish petty crimes such as the theft of a pig, stealing a chocolate bar or exceeding a bank overdraft limit.

Regarding the scope of Europol's mandate, at its meeting on 3 and 4 December the Council adopted a decision instructing Europol to deal with crimes committed or likely to be committed in the course of terrorist activities against life, limb, personal freedom or property. The Council also agreed that Europol should be instructed to prepare to extend its mandate to dealing with the forgery of money and means of payment, particularly in view of the introduction of the euro - something which I consider to be very important.

Unfortunately, the Union's ability to prosecute transnational crime has not been able to operate in a similar fashion.

The response to trafficking must be robust, and aimed at both prosecuting the crime and protecting victims.

Where a criminal offence that falls within the scope of Article 22 caused or is likely to cause damage to the Union’s financial interests of less than EUR 10000, the EPPO may only exercise its competence if:

Member States that make no provision for extradition are responsible for prosecuting their own nationals who have committed offences abroad;

A Member State which, under its law, does not as yet extradite or surrender its own nationals shall take the necessary measures to establish its jurisdiction over and, where appropriate, to prosecute the offence referred to in Article 2, when committed by one of its nationals outside its territory.

The Office is to be responsible for investigating such offences and bringing prosecutions of suspects before the competent courts of the Member States.

Paragraph 1 provides that the Member States should use their powers to prosecute and sentence offenders for offences committed wholly or partially on their territory.

The Office is to be responsible for investigating such offences and bringing prosecutions of suspects before the competent courts of the Member States.

Regarding the scope of Europol's mandate, at its meeting on 3 and 4 December the Council adopted a decision instructing Europol to deal with crimes committed or likely to be committed in the course of terrorist activities against life, limb, personal freedom or property. The Council also agreed that Europol should be instructed to prepare to extend its mandate to dealing with the forgery of money and means of payment, particularly in view of the introduction of the euro — something which I consider to be very important.

We have ensured that authorities will be able to prosecute crimes more effectively by providing training and resources for their staff.

These states prosecute crime just as effectively using targeted instruments, such as the data preservation regime agreed in the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

This trend is also consonant with the complementarity principle of the new permanent International Criminal Court (ICC), which is premised on the understanding that national courts are best suited to prosecute international crimes themselves.

I soon learned the error of my ways. In Germany there really is such a State Protection Department, with an office in every federal court house, whose mission consists of prosecuting crimes which could threaten the existence of the Federal Republic and/or the "basic principles of freedom and democracy."

With the aim of combating child sex tourism, the Convention establishes that individuals can be prosecuted for some offences even when the act is committed abroad.

State officials and agencies commit substantial resources and time to vigorously prosecute these offenses, so an experienced attorney is vital to your proper defense.

Federal law defines child pornography as any visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor, and the United States Department of Justice may prosecute offenses occurring across state or international borders and almost any offense involving the Internet.

This is also clear from the fact that so-called "terrorism" (as understood by the authors of these texts, who have never been tempted - for obvious reasons - to define a vague legal concept before listing it as a prosecutable crime) is identified with organised crime.

As a diplomat recently said to me, "The judges prefer to prosecute offenders causing problems for neighbourhood life rather than perpetrators of genocide who live in peace, without bothering anyone".

In deciding which Member State will prosecute the offender, special account shall be taken of the following factors:

For the prevention and investigation of criminal offences and in dealing with other offences coming within the jurisdiction of the courts or the public prosecution service in the searching Member State, as well as in maintaining public security, Member States shall allow other Member States' national contact points, as referred to in paragraph 2, access to the following national vehicle registration data, with the power to conduct automated searches in individual cases:

On European jurisdiction, the President spoke of the need for it to be established in overall terms and accordingly, in particular, for further discussion of criteria for identifying the Member State best placed to prosecute a terrorist offence and try the offender.

Many Member States can already prosecute illegal access to servers or personal computers or their abuse as a criminal offence.