BRITISH CITIZENS FACE BEING SUBJECTED TO SECRET ‘BIG BROTHER’ SPYING MISSIONS

THE DAILY MAIL - JAMES SLACK

British citizens face being subjected to secret EU 'Big Brother' spying missions.

Labour is supporting plans for a dramatic expansion in the powers available to fellow member states who accuse UK nationals of committing even the most minor crimes while visiting.

Under the plans, other countries could get the right to demand surveillance on a UK resident who has returned home, and access to his or her bank records. They could also be entitled to demand British police take a suspect's DNA or other samples.

The campaign group Fair Trials International said the European Arrest Warrant had led to people from all over Europe being sent to other EU states for the most minor offences, or jailed after unfair trials.