47The Court has held that the objective of preventing the risk of impunity for persons who have committed an offence is to be seen in the context of the prevention and combating of crime. That objective must be considered, in the context of the area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers referred to in Article 3(2) TEU, to be a legitimate objective of EU law (see, to that effect, judgment of 6 September 2016, Petruhhin, C‑182/15, EU:C:2016:630, paragraphs 36 and 37 and the case-law cited).
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