UK policing will keep Schengen database until end of 2020

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UK policing will keep Schengen database until end of 2020

'Vital tool' for missing persons and cross border crime inquiries still part of ongoing negotiations.

Date - 30th January 2020
By - Gary Mason

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Officers who help-co-ordinate quid pro quo international law enforcement inquiries are hoping that the UK can keep its access to the Schengen II crime and intelligence database after the UK leaves the EU at the end of this month. Access to the...

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