Brussels, 29/06/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 June, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that in the Schengen area the ne bis in idem principle (that a person cannot be judged twice for the same deeds) cannot protect a suspect against proceedings in a Schengen state because another Schengen state has terminated previous criminal proceedings for the same acts without a detailed investigation.
The judges followed the opinion of Advocate General Yves Bot (see EUROPE 11454) in this...