ISRAEL-JORDAN PEACE TREATY
ANNEX III
COMBATTING CRIME AND DRUGS
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Treaty, Israel and Jordan have decided to
co-operate in the following fields:
Co-operation on Combating Dangerous Drugs
- The two Parties shall co-operate in fighting illicit drugs according
to the legal system of their countries.
- The two Parties shall take all necessary measures to prevent drug
smuggling between the two countries.
- The two Parties shall exchange information regarding drug trafficking
and dealers' activities concerning the two countries.
- Information given by one of the Parties may not be shared with a third
party without the consent of the Party which provided the information.
- The two Parties shall exchange and share the experience of fighting
against drugs, including anti-drug education, prevention, treatment,
rehabilitation programs, technical means and methods of concealment.
- In order to identify the persons involved in drug activities, the two
Parties shall facilitate controlled deliveries of drugs between the two
countries according to their laws.
- Drug law enforcement officers from both sides shall meet periodically to
coordinate efforts pertaining to drug problems concerning the two
countries.
- The two Parties shall maintain open channels of communication such as
fax, telephone and telex for liaison purposes in drug matters concerning the
two countries.
- The two Parties shall cooperate with the multilateral forums which deal
with drug issues in the area.
- The two Parties shall cooperate in investigating procedures necessary
for collecting evidence and indictment in cases against drug dealers which
concern either or both countries.
- The two Parties shall exchange information regarding statistics on the
type and number of drug crimes committed in each country including detailed
information regarding suspected and convicted persons involved in these
cases.
- The two Parties shall exchange all relevant information regarding the
narcotic drug producing laboratories if revealed in either of the two
countries, including structure, working methods and technical features of
the laboratory as well as the type and trademark of the product.
- The cooperation described in this document will be carried out in
accordance with the legal system of the two countries.
Crime
The Parties have agreed that the Agreements to be negotiated pursuant to
Article 12 of the Treaty shall cover the following issues:
Crime
- Exchange of information concerning all aspects of smuggling, theft
(including art objects, vehicles, national treasures, antiquities and
documents), etc.
- Apprehension of criminals and exchange of information including
transmission of evidence in order to carry out judicial procedures in each
of the two countries, subject ot the relevant treaties and regulations.
General Cooperation
- Exchange of information regarding technical matters.
- Exchange of information regarding training and research.
- Joint police research projects on topics of mutual interest to both
countries.
Additional Issues
- Rescue.
- Unintentional border crossing, fugitives from justice.
- Notification of detention of nationals of the other country.
- Establishment of a liaison mechanism between the sides.
Cooperation on Forensic Science
- The two Parties shall cooperate on the subjects of criminal
identification and forensic science.
- The two Parties shall share and exchange professional experience and
training programmes, inter alia:
- Use of field kits for preliminary examinations
- Analysis of illicit drugs.
- Analysis of poisons and toxic materials.
- Forensic biology and DNA examinations.
- Toolmarks and materials examinations.
- Questionable documents examinations.
- Analysis of voice prints.
- Analysis of fire arms.
- Detection of latent fingerprints.
- Analysis of explosive traces.
- Examination for arson in laboratories.
- Identification of victims in mass disasters.
- Research and development in forensic science.
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