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Considering that the directive imposed the obligation to ensure that access to any victim support services is not dependent on a victim making a formal complaint with regard to a criminal offence to a competent authority, we believe that it would be useful for the future instrument to pay special attention to explaining how the term is understood and used in the extrajudicial procedures to which it refers to.

Victim Support Europe welcomes the Commission’s initiative to revise the EU Victims’ Rights Directive. VSE supports Option 2)b) Legislative initiative amending the Victims’ Rights Directive - Broader scope of the legislative amendments, for the following reasons: - While the Victims’ Rights Directive has been a crucial instrument and has proven to be very beneficial for victims and those working for them, there are…

Victim Support Europe (VSE) is the leading European umbrella organisation advocating on behalf of all victims of crime, no matter what the crime, no matter who the victim is. VSE represents 78 member organisations, providing support and information to more than 2.5 million people affected by crime every year in 36 countries.

The Latvian courts support the objective of the initiative to establish common rules to facilitate the transfer of criminal proceedings between the competent authorities of the Member States, pointing out that, prima facie, this framework could be best achieved through option 3.

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Cross-border crimes remain noteworthy with certain forms, such as cybercrime, rapidly increasing. Coupled with mobility within the EU, the level of cross border victimisation is likely to increase in the future, making decisions on jurisdiction ever more important for victims.