Keir Starmer Quotes

The free circulation of citizens, which is sacrosanct, cannot become the free circulation of criminals.

Clearly it is better that, when someone is wanted by the international police, and this person travels, and a country knows about it, that country reports the fact.

You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process.

National crimes demand international law, to restrain, prohibit, punish, best of all, prevent.

The final Brexit deal must ensure there is no diminution in Britain's national security or ability to tackle cross-border crime.

No matter where they are in the world, those who commit crimes against U.S. citizens will be held accountable for their actions, pursued by our investigators and prosecutors, and brought to justice.

British leadership in Europol has made the law-enforcement agency far more effective, and we have been influential in making human trafficking one of its top priorities.

Russia's not too great about cooperating with us when there are criminals inside their borders, but all of then like to travel. And so if they travel grabbing them and locking and putting handcuffs on them to send a message that that's not a freebie.

Police and prosecutors and the courts have got to talk together.

I love cops; I'm fascinated by the criminal justice system.

We have extradited terrorists to the United States in the past. And we expect the same thing to be done by the United States.

By definition, transnational crime crosses borders, but efforts to combat it mostly do not.

As a judge, I held people accountable when they did wrong. That's why I cracked down on violent criminals and stopped the big banks when they tried to kick families out of their homes.

I will ensure that no criminal will ever get any political protection in my government. If anyone takes law in his hands, he would not be spared.

We have judicial system in Sudan. Anyone who committed a war crime, anti-human crime, or any other crime will be locked up.

When I was the director of public prosecutions between 2008 and 2013, I had staff working at the Eurojust HQ in The Hague 24/7.

I think vigilantism is a pipe dream, because the larger need is for a justice system that works. Now, Batman cannot be Batman without police commissioner Jim Gordon, because every time he catches a villain, he tries to send them to Gordon. So, the idea is to help the justice system to work. I don't think it can work in real life, though.

I went into criminal justice because I want to learn more about the law, about what's going on in this world, and be a mentor to kids from where I'm from.

I think there is no greater job anybody can have than having been a prosecutor.

Those who commit gun crimes and those who enable them should know this: We're coming after you.

It is obviously sensible the crossing of a border ought not to protect a criminal from the consequences of his crime.

The European Union remains a staunch supporter of the ICC and is committed to full co-operation on the prevention of serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the Court.

I learned firsthand just how valuable it is to have law enforcement allies around the world.

As people, we have to take the law's side. We have to stand behind the police, not behind the criminal.

By preventing the federal government from removing known criminal aliens, we allow our country to be a safe haven for criminals.