Criminals to benefit in Brexit chaos

Criminals on both sides of the border could benefit from the increased difficulty, post-Brexit, of EU and British law enforcement agencies in locating and extraditing them, Britain’s national police body has said.

The warning follows serious concerns expressed by Garda Commissioner Drew Harris regarding Britain’s removal from EU criminal justice treaties and its impact on “police-to-police cooperation” between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI.