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According to this, ( https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/home-office-major-programmes-accounting-officer-assessments/international-law-enforcement-alerts-platform-i-leap-programme ), the I-LEAP program was instigated to make access to Interpol databases easier post Brexit because we lost access to SIS2 and ECRIS These Interpol systems are not as comprehensive as the services we have lost. From that document it does not seem that the Interpol systems actually hold the same level of criminal records data that ECRIS does, rather it holds specific details on individuals "of interest" ; From the Interpol website....... "Operational databases for first-line checks Travel and identity documents reported as stolen, lost, revoked, invalid or stolen blank; Notices – INTERPOL’s colour-coded system of international alerts or requests for cooperation; Nominal data – personal data and the criminal history of individuals subject to a request for cooperation; Travel documents associated with notices; Stolen motor vehicles and identifiable spare parts; Stolen vessels and engines; iARMS – illicit firearms. "

You would hope so.

Not sure why Osvaldorama thought it was funny.

But they do not have "diirect, real time access to Interpol's global criminal databases.... ".

House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee in July 2024; "We also heard about some significant losses in capability. The police has lost access to the EU’s largest security database, SIS II, which it had consulted 603 million times in 2019. 13 EU Member States have also stopped extraditing suspects to the UK. This can result in offenders not being prosecuted or in victims and witnesses having to take part in proceedings abroad. " https://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/media-centre/house-of-lords-media-notices/2023/july-2023/post-brexit-uk-eu-security-cooperation-suboptimal-says-lords-committee/ "The UK now no longer has access to SIS II or ECRIS. In place of SIS II, the UK has had to fall back on the Interpol database, which is not directly integrated with the UK’s Police National Computer (PNC) and Border systems or with other EU Member States’ national systems, and as such, requires more manual support. Although the UK is working to semi-automate the process of inputting Interpol notices, it is predicted that fewer notices will be circulated. Moreover, even once UK agencies have geared up their systems and processes to link with Interpol, full effective use of Interpol depends on other states diligently utilising the system on their end. The Brexit deal does set out an alternative mechanism for the exchange of criminal record information in place of ECRIS, but UK enforcement authorities will have to submit requests to individual member state authorities each time they wish to access such data. Under the terms of the Brexit deal, UK agencies may have to wait up to 20 working days to receive a response. " https://www.cov.com/en/news-and-insights/insights/2021/01/cross-border-criminal-cooperation-in-a-post-brexit-world

This is not funny, this is a fact. "No, the UK can no longer access the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). Following Brexit, the UK lost direct access to the secure EU-wide electronic system used for sharing conviction data. UK law enforcement and authorities now rely on slower, ad-hoc information sharing via Interpol or bilateral agreements."

It's almost as if the people negotiating agreements and treaties between Governments are incompetent.

Once the Brexit transition period ended the UK no longer had direct access to the European Criminal Records System.

Five magic blue beans enough for you ?

"Immigration officers have told the BBC that since the UK left the European Union, it has become more difficult to check criminal records from some other countries" " Since Brexit, the UK no longer has a data-sharing agreement with many countries in the EU, making it more difficult to check criminal and immigration records of asylum seekers, according to Lucy Moreton of the Immigration Services Union. "If we were able to share databases, even if just with our nearest neighbours, with Germany, with Belgium, with Holland and France, say - then, yes, we'd know that they had a conviction for people smuggling," she said. Asylum seekers are fingerprinted on arrival in the UK and checked against UK police databases, but these would not necessarily show a conviction from another country."

I think the issue is on-demand access to data as people are being processed. There are procedural routes for investigators but these involve form filling and submission to individual national forces rather than instantaneous results. The UK does not have access to the EU wide integrated Schengen Information System.

Another Brexit bonus ? Police and Border Force say they can't readily access criminal records on the other side of the channel....... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clye9zn0y1ro "A convicted people smuggler, once described as "the godfather" of the French migrant camps, is living in Leicestershire and believed to be seeking asylum while working illegally, a BBC investigation can reveal. Twana Jamal was given a five-year jail sentence in France in 2016, where authorities described him as one of the most successful people smugglers ever caught. Prosecutors said the Iraqi Kurd, aged 36 at the time, had earned up to £100,000 a week for moving illegal immigrants across the Channel. Following a tip-off this year, we traced Jamal to the village of Blaby and witnessed him working, driving a car without a licence and apparently using a false name. Jamal's presence in the UK raises serious concerns about whether existing border controls are effective in checking asylum seekers who have committed serious crimes overseas." How can the BBC find these people but the authorities can't ?

Then again perhaps not..... https://taxjustice.net/2025/07/24/the-myth-busters-guide-to-the-millionaire-exodus-scare-story/

Until we are able to deport him, keep him in prison.

I think their selection process is openly black and white.