A Joint Investigation Team (JIT) is set up by two or more Member States of the European Union (EU) on the basis of an agreement between the competent authorities, both judges, prosecutors, investigating judges and law enforcement agencies. They can benefit from the support of Eurojust and Europol, the EU`s judicial and law enforcement authorities. [2] [1] Their terms of use are based on the standard Europol convention establishing a joint investigation team, in Council of Europe resolution 2017/C 18/01, which is attached to Council of Europe resolution 2017/C 18/01. [1] A joint investigation team was formed with representatives from Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine following the bombing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in July 2014. [3] The media linked to the Wikimedia Commons Joint Investigation Team (JIT) are law enforcement and judicial teams jointly created by the EU`s national investigating authorities to deal with cross-border crime. Joint investigation teams coordinate investigations and investigations conducted in parallel by several countries. [1] [2] In April 2020, a JIT was set up by the French National Gendarmerie and the Dutch police to investigate the secure communication service EncroChat, which was used by some 60,000 subscribers at the time of its closure. Almost all of them were criminals. [4] [5].