Team America/Europe: World Police

Europe and the US have begun to lay the foundations for a data sharing link between their police and immigration forces.

It's a long way off, but indications after talks in Berlin today between European and US negotiators are that both sides are in agreement that's where they are headed.

"Our common goals are clear," Franco Frattini, vice president of the European Commission and head of the justice directorate, said in a written statement.

The idea was to protect citizens and the means was to give police authorities the information they needed to do it.

"We must closely coordinate our efforts, share information and cooperate on law enforcement as much as possible," he said.