ABSTRACT
In order to later consider that justification, this chapter gives an introduction to the Nordic cooperation outside of the European Union (EU) system. And the police of the border regions are reported to generally have regular direct contact and exchange information with colleagues across the border. The cooperation further deepened with the first Nordic Police Cooperation Agreement in 1972. The Nordic Police Cooperation Agreement, replacing the revisions of 2002 and 2012, entered into force in 2016. In addition, an intelligence system was established for obtaining and exchanging information, with access for all the Nordic countries' relevant authorities. One target area has from the mid-1990s onwards been motorcycle crime, where cooperation and information exchange of information between the police and customs were considered vital. Knowledge and information exchange is facilitated through similar languages in the Nordic regions. The technological development and extended access to far more countries' information through the EU instruments may, however, side-line the more regionally limited alternatives.
