This report carefully reviews Eurojust‟s experience in dealing with the drug trafficking cases referred to it over a two-year period ending in September 2010. It aims to identify the most common challenges facing judicial cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking, and to suggest possible solutions.

A wide range of judicial cooperation issues (exchange of information, coordination, conflicts of jurisdiction, execution of mutual legal assistance requests, European Arrest Warrants, joint investigation teams, controlled delivery, asset recovery and relations with third States) are considered with reference to concrete cases.

The report draws particularly on those cases where Eurojust brought together investigators, prosecutors and judges from Member States and beyond, its own experts and those from other EU bodies, at meetings to coordinate action against drug traffickers. From this experience, the report attempts to draw conclusions which could be of value and interest to investigative and judicial authorities.