Home Office expands UK access to the EU’s Prüm data-sharing framework, giving UK police instant access to EU vehicle registration data to disrupt cross-border organised crime and migrant smuggling

UK police can now use the EU’s Prüm data-sharing framework to check overseas-registered vehicles and receive results in around 10 seconds, replacing individual requests that could take days or months. The capability will launch with the Police Service of Northern Ireland before rolling out across UK forces, with reciprocal EU access to UK DVLA data and safeguards under UK data protection law and the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement…