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<p>Following the Fresh Start Agreement I attended a tri-lateral cross-border Ministerial
meeting along with the Northern Ireland Executive and the Irish Government on 21 December.
At the meeting, and in accordance with the Fresh Start Agreement, we agreed new measures
to enhance law enforcement co-operation aimed at tackling organised crime and criminality,
including that linked to paramilitarism. In a concerted effort to tackle cross-jurisdictional
organised crime, a Joint Agency Task Force has been announced by the United Kingdom
Government, the Irish Government and the NI Executive.</p>
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