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Article 2 Scope

1 – The Parties shall, in accordance with their domestic law, the international law and the provisions of this Agreement, cooperate in the prevention, detection, investigation and repression of criminal activities, especially in its organized form, through the direct co-operation between the competent authorities of each of the Parties.
2 – For that purpose, the Parties shall co-operate in the fight against crime namely in the following areas: a) Illicit trafficking in narcotics, psychotropic substances as well as its precursors; b) Illicit trafficking of fire arms, ammunition, explosives and chemical substances, including nuclear and radioactive materials; c) Trafficking in human beings, exploitation of prostitution by third persons and sexual exploitation of children; d) Smuggling of migrants, including the fraudulent use of identity and travel documents; e) Terrorism and terrorist groups including its financing; f) Theft, trafficking and forgery of identification documents of vehicles; g) Illicit trafficking of cultural or historical objects; h) Money laundering resulting from criminal activity; i) Corruption, financial and economic crimes and counterfeiting of trademarks and patents; j) Production and diffusion of child pornography and cyber criminality.

3 – The present Agreement shall not apply to mutual legal assistance in criminal matters and extradition. Article 3 Competent authorities

Within their respective competences, the competent authorities responsible for the implementation of this Agreement are:

a) For the Portuguese Republic: (i) the Ministry of Justice (Ministério da Justiça); (ii) the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Ministério da Administração Interna).
b) For the Republic of Bulgaria, the Ministry of Interior.

Article 4 Modalities of co-operation

1 – The co-operation between the Parties translates itself in: a) The exchange of information and data related to the several expressions of organized crime; b) The exchange of operational, forensic and legal information and information related to the localization and identification of individuals and objects and support in the execution of police actions; c) The exchange of useful information related to crimes that are under planning or that have been committed, as well as about individuals and organizations involved in the commission of such crimes; d) The professional and technical training of competent authorities officials’ of both Parties; e) The exchange of experiences and experts, including staff training actions and victim’s support programs; f) The exchange of analytic information about the origin, development and the possible effects of criminal phenomena; g) The exchange of information about legislative activity, didactic publications and scientific and technical data on the functions of the competent authorities.

2 – The Parties shall cooperate whenever, in the territory of one of the Parties, a crime in under preparation or has been committed, if the available data allow for the conclusion that the consequences of such crime will occur in the territory of the other Party.