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After the establishment of Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) in international treaties and the implementation of the rules on JITs into German law, JITs will become a more and more useful investigative tool for the law enforcement authorities in Germany within the repertoire of their investigative measures. The aim of this article is therefore to bring this new tool home to the practitioners and give them valuable advice on the conditions under which JITs may be established and how practical problems can be solved both as regards the phase when JITs are established (part II) and during their working phase (part…

In 2013, the German Institute Taipei and the Taipei Representative Office in Germany reached a joint declaration on the transfer of convicted persons and on cooperation in the enforcement of criminal judgments (→ R. Riegel and F. Fülle, “Vollstreckungshilfe zwischen Deutschland und Taiwan auf neuer …

One of the main goals of imprisonment is to facilitate the reintegration of offenders into socie-ty. This is better achieved if offenders are sent to prison where they would like to settle upon release. Since German nationals are serving prison sentences in Taiwan and Taiwanese …