JIT (Joint Investigation Team)
Definition
The multinational criminal investigation body established by the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, and Ukraine to investigate the criminal dimensions of the MH17 shoot-down. The forensic DVI identification operation ran in parallel but separately from the JIT criminal investigation.
- Participating states
- Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine
- Incident investigated
- MH17 shoot-down, 2014
- Body type
- Multinational criminal investigation team
- Related process
- DVI identification, run separately
Common questions
Why were the criminal JIT investigation and the DVI identification kept separate?+
Victim identification is a humanitarian process governed by different legal and ethical obligations than a criminal investigation, and separating the two protects each from being compromised by the other's procedures and evidentiary standards.
What can a Joint Investigation Team do that separate national investigations cannot?+
Participating states can share evidence and coordinate investigative steps directly with each other under a formal agreement, avoiding the delays typical of conventional cross-border mutual legal assistance requests.
Related terms
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- CDFD (Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics)
- India's premier DNA forensic laboratory, located in Hyderabad and operated by the Department of Biotechnology. Conducted DNA identifications in the Nithari killings...
- CFSL (Central Forensic Science Laboratory)
- The network of central government forensic laboratories in India, with major units in Delhi, Kolkata, Chandigarh, and Hyderabad, operating under the Directorate...
- DVI Identification Board
- The multi-disciplinary panel in INTERPOL DVI protocol that issues a formal identification: includes forensic pathologist, forensic anthropologist, odontologist, fingerprint specialist, and DNA...
- NDMA (National Disaster Management Authority)
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- Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)
- High-throughput sequencing technologies (Illumina, Ion Torrent, Oxford Nanopore) that produce millions of reads in parallel. For plant forensics, they enable whole-chloroplast genome...
- OCME (Office of the Chief Medical Examiner)
- A US jurisdictional office, typically at state or county level, responsible for investigating deaths that occur under violent, suspicious, sudden, or unexplained...
- Plassdata DVI System
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- TTVI (Thai Tsunami Victim Identification)
- The international DVI operation established in January 2005 under Royal Thai Police leadership with INTERPOL coordination to identify the approximately 5,400 international...