support and co-ordination of ongoing investigations

The EC3 should provide operational support to cybercrime investigations, for example, encouraging the establishment of cybercrime Joint Investigations Teams and the exchange of operational information in on-going investigations.

2. IMPROVEMENT - Technical support delivered on the spot or from Europol headquarters to MS. This can be done through the use of a mobile toolkit, allowing analysts and/or specialists to provide direct forensic support to ongoing investigations.

70. Strongly supports the Commission in its approach, which consists in taking the time needed to consider ongoing cases thoroughly and with all due diligence; believes that the outcome of the investigations will contribute to establishing more precise and effective guidelines on tax-related state aids and transfer pricing and to compelling Member States to adjust their practices accordingly; invites the Commission, nevertheless, to conclude these ongoing tax-related state aid investigations as soon as it is practically possible without prejudice to their quality and credibility and awaits their results with great interest; invites the Commission to report regularly to the European Parliament on these investigations; calls on the Commis ...[+++]sion to request the recovery of every euro missing in the event of confirmation of illegal state aid in the ongoing investigations;

25. Welcomes the strong political impetus to fight corruption, and the further implementation of the recommendations of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO); welcomes the adoption by the Serbian Parliament on 25 November 2014 of the law on whistle-blower protection; welcomes the fact that several investigations into high-level cases are being conducted and that efforts have been made to improve coordination; underlines that significant efforts are needed to enhance and fully enforce the legal framework for the fight again ...[+++]st corruption, and to back reforms with appropriate resources; stresses that leaks to the media about ongoing investigations, in breach of the presumption of innocence, are an issue of serious concern and should be investigated, processed and eliminated in line with the law; condemns also the pressure exerted by media or political parties on independent anti-corruption bodies, and in this regard considers that the powers of and resources for the Anti-Corruption Agency should be strengthened; notes that such practices may significantly slow the progress of the accession negotiations; calls for further action to protect the independence and integrity of the judicial system and access to justice;