LA ORDEN EUROPEA DE INVESTIGACIÓN COMO INSTRUMENTO PARA LA LUCHA CONTRA LA CRIMINALIDAD ORGANIZADA. Significado, sujetos y herramientas en la obtención transnacional de pruebas

The study focuses on the analysis and investigation of the European instrument called the European Investigation Order (EIO), and its contributions to the fight against organised crime. This instrument was adopted by the European legislator, with the aim of achieving effective and swift cross-border judicial cooperation in criminal matters. In this context the main question that encourages research is: to what extent is the EIO a suitable instrument in the fight against organised crime? From this question the rest of the questions arise, articulating the structure of the thesis. In addition, in this work, we highlight the comparative perspective: the EIO instrument has been examined from a European perspective, in the context of judicial cooperation relations between the Member States of the European Union and thenational perspective: not only Spanish but also Italian, examining in depth the role of the competent bodies in both States.