{"id":43435,"date":"2026-06-17T13:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=43435"},"modified":"2026-06-17T13:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T11:16:22","slug":"bilateral-cooperation-helps-taiwan-to-offset-interpol-exclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/en\/bilateral-cooperation-helps-taiwan-to-offset-interpol-exclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Bilateral Cooperation Helps Taiwan to Offset Interpol Exclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"43435\" class=\"elementor elementor-43435\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5cb8c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5cb8c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cfbceeb\" data-id=\"cfbceeb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1df2bcf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1df2bcf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo: Taipei City Police Department patrol scooters, by Olimpia Kot<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513e9655 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"513e9655\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-513e9655{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2355fa6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2355fa6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-41ce510e\" data-id=\"41ce510e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-594c9baa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"594c9baa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3fef7494\" data-id=\"3fef7494\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70c196c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70c196c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan\u2019s exclusion from Interpol, alongside other international organizations, presents a persistent challenge to international law enforcement efforts. Not having access to Interpol\u2019s policing infrastructure means that Taiwan is unable to rely on resources like criminal intelligence sharing and analysis, access to databases on criminal suspects and stolen property (including passports) and use the well-known Red Notice mechanism to secure arrests of suspects with a view to extraditing them to face criminal proceedings in Taiwan.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is particularly worrisome given Taiwan\u2019s position in global trade and logistics networks. Taiwanese ports are an important node in Indo-Pacific shipping lanes, connecting Taiwan\u2019s vital industries with the rest of the world. However, as with anywhere else, the logistics sector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/taiwans-interpol-exclusion-undermines-global-policing-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attracts<\/a> criminal activity \u2014 for example, drug trafficking or the smuggling of goods in order to circumvent export control measures, such as those aimed at preventing China\u2019s access to AI chips.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Taiwan builds its own legal cooperation network <\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combating organized transnational crime requires an organized transnational response. Barred from using formal Interpol mechanisms, Taiwan must rely on bilateral contacts through which it builds its own legal cooperation network.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The majority of Taiwan\u2019s bilateral contacts with external partners in the field of criminal justice can be categorized as informal experience sharing. These activities are mostly focused on key partners such as the U.S., Australia, or the EU and its member states.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, in 2023, Taiwanese Justice Minister Tsai Ching-hsiang (\u8521\u6e05\u7965) <a href=\"https:\/\/eutwtracker.ceias.eu\/tracker\/381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">met<\/a> with officials from the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) \u2014 the bloc\u2019s equivalent to Interpol \u2014 to spur closer cooperation on judicial matters and combating crime.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While criminal justice is considered a shared competence in the EU system, the bulk of the responsibility lies with member states. Thus, besides engaging Eurojust, engaging member state officials is a crucial element of Taiwan\u2019s efforts to build a robust partnership network.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As recently as May 2026, officials from Estonia, France, Germany, and\u00a0 Poland <a href=\"https:\/\/eutwtracker.ceias.eu\/tracker\/800*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participated<\/a> in the International Conference on Strengthening Cross-border Cooperation in Transnational Crime, which was held in Taipei.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In March 2025, a delegation led by head of Germany\u2019s Bamberg High Prosecutors Office, Wolfgang Grundler, <a href=\"https:\/\/eutwtracker.ceias.eu\/tracker\/652*\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visited<\/a> Taiwan to gain insight into the country\u2019s guidelines on combating fraud and the investigation of trade secrets crimes in the high-tech sector.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three years earlier, in March 2022, Slovakia <a href=\"https:\/\/eutwtracker.ceias.eu\/tracker\/126\/126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">co-organized<\/a> with Taiwan, Australia, Japan, and the U.S. a virtual workshop on combating digital crimes. Nearly 300 law enforcement officials from 32 countries took part in the initiative, which focused on best practices to counter cyber financial crimes.<\/p><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Formal judicial cooperation and legal assistance still not the norm<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While valuable, these engagements offer only a partial fix, as they do not constitute formal pathways for judicial cooperation and other forms of mutual legal assistance. Due to Taiwan\u2019s lack of diplomatic recognition, and pressure from the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC) to eschew official engagements with Taiwan, only a handful of states have signed international treaties with Taipei on judicial cooperation, legal assistance, and extraditions.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Europe, six states have entered into formal arrangements with Taiwan: Denmark, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, and the UK. In case of the treaties with the UK (concluded in 2016), Denmark (2019), and Switzerland (2020), the deals are focused on transfers of sentenced persons. Taiwan has similar agreements in place also with other key partners, like the U.S. (its main security guarantor) or Paraguay (one of the few states officially recognizing Taiwan).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only the agreements with Poland (2019), Slovakia (2021), and Germany (originally signed in 2012, expanded in 2023) can be considered relatively comprehensive deals. These treaties deal with a broader range of topics, including transfers of sentenced persons, provisional arrests, legal assistance (such as the serving of documents and taking of evidence, etc.), or formalized information sharing pathways. In the case of Poland and Slovakia, the treaties also includes extradition provisions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c4438c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c4438c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-002eba1\" data-id=\"002eba1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f710c73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f710c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"902\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simalcik-text.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-43437\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simalcik-text.png 902w, https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simalcik-text-768x366.png 768w, https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/simalcik-text-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 902px) 100vw, 902px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f9ac416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f9ac416\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-134a6796\" data-id=\"134a6796\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59291643 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59291643\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Photo: Taiwan-Europe legal cooperation in criminal matters, source: CEIAS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10161c39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10161c39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-10161c39{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-243ad8c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"243ad8c3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3af28416\" data-id=\"3af28416\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6db5e24f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6db5e24f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-78f8a62e\" data-id=\"78f8a62e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d6db002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d6db002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether any country agrees to including an extradition element to their legal cooperation with Taiwan is noteworthy for three reasons:<\/p><ul><li>Criminal jurisdiction is deeply tied to a state\u2019s monopoly on violence \u2014 a prerogative to lawful use of force on its territory \u2014 and thus its sovereignty. By agreeing to an extradition, a state gives up its judicial sovereignty in favor of another state. Extradition agreements with Taiwan therefore carry symbolic weight, as they imply de facto recognition of Taiwan\u2019s statehood and expand its international space.<\/li><li>Extradition is both a legal and political process. It typically requires consent from both the judiciary (as a court assesses the legal permissibility of an extradition) and executive authorities (as the minister of justice makes a political decision to carry out an extradition). While extraditions can proceed without a corresponding international agreement in place, purely based on domestic laws, a lack of treaty turns extraditions into a less predictable and potentially more politically arbitrary process. By signing an extradition treaty, the executive signals to the judiciary that it considers the other party a reliable partner with whom extraditions are expected to proceed in a smooth and predictable manner.<\/li><li>In case of Taiwan, an extradition treaty can offer an extra layer of protection to Taiwanese citizens against surrendering them to the PRC. In 2017, PRC requested to extradite a Taiwanese national, Liu Hung-tao (\u5289\u9d3b\u6fe4), from Poland on grounds of suspected commitment of telecom fraud. While Warsaw initially consented, the <a href=\"https:\/\/hudoc.echr.coe.int\/eng#{\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Court of Human Rights<\/a> later overruled the extradition over fears that Liu would be subjected to torture, or to inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. Following the implementation of the Taiwan-Poland agreement, Liu was extradited to Taiwan instead for further criminal proceedings.<\/li><\/ul><h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Way <\/strong><strong>forward<\/strong><\/h2><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As bilateral legal cooperation helps Taiwan to overcome, at least partially, its exclusion from Interpol, as well as to achieve goals of expanding its international space and shielding its nationals from extraditions to the PRC, broadening such collaboration should be among Taipei\u2019s top priorities.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Europe, countries that are already open to engaging Taiwan beyond economic cooperation would be natural candidates for this type of cooperation: France, Czechia, and Lithuania <a href=\"https:\/\/ceias.eu\/partners-in-need-partners-indeed-europe-taiwan-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">are among the most open partners<\/a> of Taiwan in Europe, yet none of the have a\u00a0 criminal legal cooperation mechanism in place with Taiwan. Other prospective candidates would be the Netherlands (cooperation is crucial for enforcing semiconductors exports control and related prosecution of evasion attempts), Estonia and Romania (both of which recently signaled openness to broader engagements with Taiwan), or Belgium (which recently successfully carried out <em>ad hoc <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptp.moj.gov.tw\/312002\/312215\/312271\/1572202\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">evidence-taking cooperation<\/a> with Taiwan in a drugs case).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To improve the odds of this agenda being taken on by Europeans, Taiwan needs to better signal that it subscribes to same rule-of-law standards. Working with European states on <a href=\"https:\/\/ceias.eu\/europe-should-embrace-taiwan-inside-the-international-criminal-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">achieving membership<\/a> of the International Criminal Court would be one example of a relatively low hanging fruit. Adopting a moratorium on the use of death penalty \u2014 which the EU repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeas.europa.eu\/node\/448896_fr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voices concerns<\/a> about \u2014 while pursuing a path towards full abolition, would be an even stronger signal of normative convergence, albeit domestically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/east-asia\/taiwan-death-penalty-divided-debate-constitutional-court-ruling-5896161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unpopular<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cd0eaba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cd0eaba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-44224b3c\" data-id=\"44224b3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-67615d25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67615d25\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-60d163ac\" data-id=\"60d163ac\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90ca3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-box\" data-id=\"7e90ca3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-box-wrapper\"><div class=\"elementor-image-box-content\"><h3 class=\"elementor-image-box-title\">Matej \u0160imal\u010d\u00edk<\/h3><p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Matej \u0160imal\u010d\u00edk, Executive Director, Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS). His research focuses on China\u2019s economic and political influence in Central Europe, elite relations, corrosive capital, and the role of European legal instruments in mitigating risks posed by China. He has a background in Law and International Relations and was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 (Slovak edition) in 2021. He is also a member of the Expert Pool at the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE), and the European Think-tank Network on China. In 2025, he became a visiting fellow at the Institute of National Defense and Security Research (INDSR) in Taipei under the Taiwan Fellowship program.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Taipei City Police Department patrol scooters, by Olimpia Kot Foto: Hl\u00eddkov\u00e9 sk\u00fatry m\u011bstsk\u00e9 policie v Tchaj-peji, autorka: Olimpia Kot Taiwan\u2019s exclusion from Interpol, alongside other international organizations, presents a persistent challenge to international law enforcement efforts. 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