Establishment of Italian national DNA database and the central laboratory: Some aspects

Abstract

On 27 May 2005 in Prüm was signed a convention between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Austria on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration (hereinafter the Prüm Treaty) improving the exchange of information and data resulting by DNA, dactyloscopic and vehicle data to regulate forms of closer cooperation between law enforcement and judicial authorities. On 23 June 2008 the Council of the European Union adopted the Prüm Treaty under the Treaty on European Union with the Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA. On 14 July 2009 the Italian Parliament has passed the act n.85/2009 published on the Official Journal (G.U.) n.160 Supp.Ord.n.108/L G.U. General series with the title: “Adhesion of the Italian Republic to the Prüm Treaty. Establishment of national DNA database (NDNADB) and the central laboratory for the NDNADB” in order to facilitate the identification the perpetrators of crimes. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate some aspects described on the chapters of the law as the organization, the rules, the types of activities of NDNADB and the central laboratory, the categories of the person for inclusion in the DNA database, the methodology of analysis of evidence and reference sample, etc.