Europol Faces ‘Serious Challenge for Lawful Interception’ With Mobile Roaming Networks

Europol’s paper highlights how Privacy Enhancing Technologies in Home Routing impede lawful interception of communications from foreign SIM cards, forcing law enforcement to rely on slower cross-border processes. It proposes two solutions: mandate disabling PET in Home Routing to restore domestic interception capabilities, or preserve PET and establish a standardized EU framework for cross-border interception requests, each with implications for privacy, feasibility, and operational security.