:: Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) > Organization of American ... - PowerPoint

							November 10, 2010
 Washington, D.C.
                               Criminal Matters Network
    Public             Private             Secure             Secure               New
  Component          Component           Component        Videoconference      Developments

• Free Virtual     • Information of    • Communication    • Tool for secure   • Microsoft
  Library            interest            tool with a        video/voice         SharePoint
                     exclusive for       focus on           communication       WorkSpace
• Information on     central             collaborative
                                         and secure                           •…
  the member         authorities,
                                         work                                 •…
  States             authorities of
                     international                                            •…
                     legal
                     cooperation
                     and other          MLA Request
  Dictionary of      experts in this      e-Form
  Legal Terms        area
                                         Directory of
                                          Contacts

                                       On-line Training
          Legal Cooperation in the Area of Family and Child Law
    Public          Public             Secure            Secure               New
  Component       Component          Component       Videoconference      Developments

• Component 1   • Component 1      • Communication   • Tool for secure   • Ad – hoc
                                     tool with a       video/voice        Developments
• Component 2   • Component 2        focus on          communication
                                     collaborative
                                     and secure                          • Enhancements
• Component n   • Component n        work                                  to the platform

                                                                              • New
                                                                           Functionalities
                                      Ad- hoc
   Ad-hoc          Ad-hoc           Development
 Development     Development
                                      Ad-hoc
                                    Development


                                E V O L U T I ON
Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and Extradition
(DLC)
Evolution of Technologies Network (CITEL)
Hemispheric Information Exchange Network for Computer
Security Incident Response Teams (CICTE)
Network of Hemispheric Legal Cooperation in the Area of
Family and Child Law (DIL)
   Argentina: “The system is useful as well for moving forward requests for assistance in
 criminal matters, sending complementary information within said requests (…) Time after
    time, it has been possible to present documentation for an extradition process within
                    established time frames … thanks to using the system.”


Canada: “The system has been useful in cases where Canada wished to explore the possibility
 of successfully obtaining extradition from one of its treaty partners… More generally, with
  respect to other requests, the System also provided easy access to the coordinates of the
                            relevant personnel in the other State…”

 Panama: “In an important request regarding a sensitive case, important information was
    missing. In order not to reject the request, through Groove [Secure Component of the
  Network], we were able to obtain from the Requesting State the corrections needed and
 clarified doubts with the authority instituting the proceedings. By using the system, it was
                                 possible to get this assistance.”
                                            Source: Survey of Network Users 2009, OAS.
 Paraguay: “…we have had many successful coordination cases regarding controlled
 deliveries, ransom kidnappings, trafficking in persons, drug trafficking, extradition,
etc. that have had a successful outcome due to the use of this OAS tool. Many times,
 information is exchanged to those asking for it and this tool is very useful for those
                                     purposes.”


   Uruguay: “The system was very useful for extradition requests and requests for
 seizure and freezing of funds. It has been possible to receive beforehand the formal
request for extradition before the time frame expired on a preventive arrest, which if
carried out through other means, in some cases, would not have been possible … As
  well, the systems is used not only at the moment a request is made, but in also in
                                following-up the cases.”




                                         Source: Survey of Network Users 2009, OAS.
  México: “The use of the system has allowed us to radically increase the speed in
 sending Mutual Legal Assistance Requests and follow-up these requests with the
same coordinating authorities…it has become a very useful tool for the exchange of
                                  information.”



  Brazil: “In many occasions, the Central Authority of Brazil requested information
using the points of contacts in the Criminal Matters Network about the execution of
  specific requests or legislation in other member States. In most of the cases, the
system proved to be efficient. The Central Authority of Brazil uses the contacts in the
  Network as its main source of information in regards to Central Authorities in the
                              other OAS member states.”




                                         Source: Survey of Network Users 2008, OAS.
November 10, 2010
 Washington, D.C.