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Joint Defense Team 2025 Year in Review: Cross-Border Criminal Defence & Digital Evidence
Joint Defense Team (JDT) 2025 Year in Review. European criminal defence lawyers coordinate strategies for complex, multi-country investigations. Expert insights on SkyECC, EncroChat, ANOM, and digital evidence legality.

Joint Defense Team
Dec 31, 20254 min read


Switzerland: Zurich High Court Excludes Foreign-Obtained SkyECC Data for Breach of Territoriality and Lack of Sufficient Suspicion (Decision of 15 August 2025)
The Zurich High Court rules foreign SkyECC data inadmissible. Read how this landmark decision establishes an absolute exclusion principle for evidence seized in breach of Swiss territoriality.

Dominique Jud
Dec 5, 20252 min read


French Cour de Cassation Confirms Mandatory Notification for Transnational Data Capture in EU Investigations
France's highest court affirms that collecting digital evidence across EU borders requires Article 31 notification (Directive 2014/41/EU), impacting major transnational criminal cases.

Guillaume Martine
Nov 20, 20254 min read
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