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Francis Desterbeck Francis Desterbeck

The Payment of Fiscal and Social Debts with Seized Money, that Has to Be Reimbursed, in Belgium Where Treasury, Social Security, and Justice Meet

14 August 2011 (updated 9 months ago) // english

By law of 27 March 2003, the Central Office for Seizure and Confiscation (COSC) was created in Belgium. The new institution, established within the Office of Public Prosecutors, assists the judicial authorities in criminal matters in the areas of seizure of assets, the implementation of criminal procedure with a view to the confiscation of assets, and the enforcement of final and conclusive sentences and orders involving confiscation of assets.1 One of the forms of assistance consists of the management of all cash, seized in criminal matters all over the country. By law of 20 July 2005, a new provision was… Read more

Dr. Annika Suominen Dr. Annika Suominen

Different Implementations of Mutual Recognition Framework Decisions

1 January 2011 // english

This article focuses on the different implementation solutions of mutual recognition framework decisions, based on a study of the first four framework decisions and their implementation in the Nordic Member States. The Lisbon Treaty changed the environment of EU criminal law and explicitly mentions mutual recognition in Art. 82(1) TFEU. This article also briefly analyses the change towards using either directives or regulations as mutual recognition instruments.

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Editorial for Issue 1/2011

Editorial Guest Editorial for Eucrim 1-2011

1 January 2011 // english

Dear Readers, I feel very honoured that I have been asked to introduce this issue of eucrim. Having been appointed as Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in February 2011, I will devote my full attention to creating a new vision for the office and its dedicated staff while taking into account its sound experience as an effective administrative investigative service. OLAF’s strengths of both contributing to prevention policies and conducting investigations will be developed by further improving OLAF’s operational efficiency and internal governance. The central topic of this eucrim issue is “implementation of legal instruments” – a point… Read more

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Editorial for Issue 2/2011
by Morten Kjaerum Morten Kjaerum

Editorial Guest Editorial for Eucrim 2-2011

1 January 2011 (updated 2 months ago) // english

Dear readers, With the support of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), the Hungarian government, under its six-month Presidency of the European Union, hosted a conference in March 2011 on “Protecting Victims in the EU: the Road Ahead.” The conference coincided with the ten-year anniversary of Council Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA on the standing of victims in criminal proceedings, a decade that has seen legislative developments for victims “on paper” but which has suffered from a lack of concrete action for victims in practice in a number of EU Member States. As research by the FRA on vulnerable victim… Read more