FIGHTING ORGANIZED CRIME THROUGH THE EUROPEAN INVESTIGATION WARRANT

Romania's accession to the European Union has determined, among the many benefits, also trends in the manifestation of criminal ideas, such as organized crossborder crime. This aspect boosted the development of concrete and effective legislative frameworks, which contravene the anti-social behavior of the nationals of the member states.Judicial cooperation in criminal matters is based on the principle of mutual recognition of court judgments and judicial decisions and includes measures to connect Member States' legislation in several areas. Thus, this article proposes the analysis of the European investigation order, as one of the main means of obtaining evidence in the European criminal process.