EU justice ministers discuss cooperation in fighting cross-border crime

STORY: EU justice ministers discuss cooperation in fighting cross-border crime DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Logo of Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU 2. various of European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders (L) and Sweden's Minister for Justice Gunnar Strommer 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Judicial cooperation in the fight against organized crime topped the agenda of an informal meeting of the European Union (EU) member states' justice and home affairs ministers here on Friday. "Organized crime has never posed such a threat to the EU and its citizens as it does today," Sweden's Minister for Justice Gunnar Strommer said in a press release. "This is particularly true in Sweden. Effective judicial cooperation is therefore crucial as we step up the fight against cross-border crime." At the meeting, the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) presented its work to support the coordination of cross-bo