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The OLAF Report 2025
This news item summarises the annual OLAF activity report for the year 2025. Presented on 20 April 2026, the report presents the key figures of OLAF's work in 2025. For the first time, it includes recommendations to stakeholders designed to foster a more effective and coordinated approach to combating fraud and irregularities. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
OLAF
Protection of Financial Interests
OLAF Operational Work: First Half of 2026
This news item highlights key cases that demonstrate OLAF's operational work between 15 January and 30 June 2026. It follows on from the report in eucrim 4/2025, 266. Read more
OLAF
Spotlight ECJ: Executing Member State Must Ensure Enforcement of Custodial Sentence if it Denies Surrender due to Fundamental Rights Grounds
On 4 June 2026, the Grand Chamber judgment of the ECJ concluded: If an EU Member State refuses the surrender of persons due to poor detention conditions in the EU Member States that sentenced them, the refusing Member State is required to enforce the prison sentence on its own territory. The main aim must be to avoid impunity of the requested person. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
European Arrest Warrant
Taking Account of Convictions
Football Enters EU Anti-Money Laundering Framework
On 27 April 2026, in an interview with Italian outlet “Calcio e Finanza”, the Chair of AMLA outlined the rationale for bringing professional football clubs and agents under the EU’s anti-money laundering framework from July 2029.Football’s inclusion stems from the 2024 EU anti-money laundering … Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA)
Money Laundering
AMLA’s Inaugural Conference Highlights EU’s Push for Stronger AML/CFT Coordination
On 9 June 2026, AMLA held its first public conferencee, bringing together over 360 participants from all 27 EU Member States, with additional stakeholders following online via livestream. Attendees included representatives of EU institutions, national supervisory and law enforcement authorities, financial intelligence units, the … Read more
EU
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA)
Money Laundering
Terrorism
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Project A.S.S.E.T.: Setting a New Benchmark for International Cooperation in Global Asset Seizure
From 19–22 May 2026, Europol concluded the third and most successful operational week of Project A.S.S.E.T. (Asset Search & Seize Enforcement Taskforce). Project A.S.S.E.T., organised by Europol’s European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC), supports the fight against serious and organised crime and the seizure … Read more
EU
Europol
Eurojust
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA)
European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
Organised Crime
Judicial Cooperation
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Freezing of Assets / Confiscation
Eurojust and Genocide Prosecution Network Mark 2026 EU Day Against Impunity
On 23 May 2026, Eurojust marked the 11th EU Day Against Impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes together with the Genocide Prosecution Network.The commemoration took place against the backdrop of growing armed conflicts worldwide and increasing pressure on the international criminal … Read more
EU
Ukraine conflict
Eurojust
Eurojust Vice-President Re-Elected
On 26 May 2026, Lithuania’s National Member at Eurojust, Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė, was re-elected as Vice-President of the Agency. She will begin her second four-year mandate on 28 June, continuing to serve alongside Eurojust President Michael Schmid and Vice-President José de la Mata.Ms Šniutytė-Daugėlienė has … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Annual Report 2025: Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights
On 2 June 2026, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its thirteenth Annual Report. Here is a lightly improved version with only minor edits for clarity, consistency, and style, without adding substantive content:The report outlines the main observations and recommendations shared … Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Frontex
CJEU Confirms National Courts’ Role in Reviewing EPPO Measures
On 16 April 2026, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Case C-328/24 P, Mincu Pătrașcu Brâncuși v EPPO, concerning a challenge brought by a Romanian national against procedural actions taken by the EPPO.In an investigation opened by the EPPO in 2021 against Mr. Mincu … Read more
EU
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
IOCTA 2026
On 28 April 2026, Europol published the 11th edition of its 2026 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA). Under the title “The evolving threat landscape: how encryption, proxies and artificial intelligence are expanding cybercrime”, the 2026 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment provides a detailed … Read more
EU
Europol
Cybercrime
Organised Crime
New Romanian National Member at Eurojust
In May 2026, the new National Member for Romania at Eurojust, Prosecutor Emilia Ioana Lionte, took up her duties.Before joining Eurojust, Ms Lionte served within Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate and gained extensive experience in international judicial cooperation, working as a national expert at … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Europol Starts Search for New Executive Director
On 2 May 2026, Europol entered a transition phase following the departure of Executive Director Catherine De Bolle, who stepped down on 1 May 2026 after eight years in office.The process to appoint a new Executive Director is now underway. Applications closed on … Read more
EU
Europol
Eurojust Annual Report 2025
On 24 April 2026, Eurojust published its Annual Report for 2025 highlighting a continued expansion of the Agency’s operational activities, judicial cooperation work, and international role in combating serious cross-border crime. The report has been published both as a pdf version for download and as … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Judicial Cooperation
ECA Unsatisfied with Transparency and Traceability in RRF
According to the ECA's special report of 6 May 2026, information on recipients, actual costs and results achieved under the current Recovery and Resilience Facility is insufficient. Gaps in transparency and traceability must be taken into account in the negotiations on the future EU budgets. Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
Spotlight ECA: EU’s COVID-19 Recovery Fund Remains Vulnerable to Fraud
In a Special Report published on 11 February 2026, the European Court of Auditors found that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) continues to suffer from weaknesses in the detection, reporting and correction of fraud cases. Read more
EU