PASSENGER NAME RECORDS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN NULLIFIED BY THE EUROPEAN COURT

Only a minor set-back in the fight against terrorism
The May 2004 ‘Passenger Name Records Agreement’ between European Union and United States authorities has been nullified by the European Court of Justice today because it lacks adequate legal basis. The nullification of the agreement is based on a legal technicality: its subject-matter fell outside the scope [...]

DONALD TRUMP OR KAREL FRIELINK: WHO WOULD YOU TRUST MORE?

In doing business trust is a necessary element
One (Donald Trump) is famous, built an empire (a.o. the famous ‘Trump towers’) and can be seen on various TV channels around the world and throughout the week, the other (me) is an attorney practising law in a rather remote area (a small island in the Caribbean Sea), [...]