To prevent, detect and investigate migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, coordination and concerted action is necessary. For this purpose, Member States can set up a joint investigation team in accordance with the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002, including with the support of Europol. Where Europol has reason to believe that setting up a joint investigation team would add value to an investigation into migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, it is able to propose this to the Member States concerned and take measures to assist them in setting up the joint investigation team, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/794. In such cases, Europol should closely liaise with Eurojust.
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