"The High-Level Group on Access to Data for Effective Law Enforcement highlighted in its concluding report 15 that law enforcement and the judiciary had been losing ground to criminals over the past decade as criminals avail themselves of tools and products provided from other jurisdictions, by providers that have put in place measures that deprive them of the means to cooperate with lawful requests in individual criminal cases. Systematic cooperation between law enforcement authorities and private parties, including service providers, is therefore essential in future efforts to disrupt the most threatening criminal networks and individuals in the Union and beyond."