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Guide for Practitioners on the Use of Conflict Zone Information in Criminal Proceedings 
27 February 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2025
On 2 February 2025, the Council of Europe published a practical guide on the use of information collected in conflict zones as evidence in investigations and prosecutions of crimes of terrorism and crimes against international humanitarian law committed in armed conflicts. Read more
Council of Europe Rule of Law Terrorism
Europol TE-SAT 2024 
10 February 2025 (updated 11 months, 1 week ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 4/2024
On 12 December 2024, Europol published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (EU TE-SAT). The report provides a detailed overview of the evolving terrorism landscape in the European Union in 2023. It also provides an outlook on potential developments. Read more
EU Europol Terrorism
Council Conclusions on Reinforcing External-Internal Anti-Terrorism Connections 
7 February 2025
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2024
On 16 December 2024, the Council approved conclusions to step up the fight against terrorism and violent extremism. These build on the counter-terrorism priorities adopted on 12 December 2024 and other previous Council conclusions on the fight against terrorism (→ related links).The conclusions of … Read more
EU Council Terrorism
Council Conclusions on Future Priorities to Counter Terrorism 
6 February 2025 (updated 1 year, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2024
On 12 December 2024, the Council approved the first of two sets of conclusions on strengthening the common effort to counter terrorism. These conclusions set out strategic objectives and highlight key areas where increased efforts are needed to improve operational effectiveness. The aim is … Read more
EU Council Terrorism
Actions against Terrorist Communication and Propaganda 
15 July 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2024
In mid-June 2024, a major operation shared between law enforcement and judicial authorities across Europe and in the United States led to the take-down of numerous servers used for terrorist communication and propaganda as well as to the arrests of nine persons. The websites and … Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Terrorism
New EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation 
1 July 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2024
On 17 June 2024, the European Commission launched a significant new initiative aimed at preventing radicalisation: the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation. The creation of the EU Knowledge Hub was first outlined in the EU Counter-Terrorism Agenda 2020. Building on the achievements of … Read more
EU Security Union Commission Terrorism
Report on the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Online 
15 May 2024
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 1/2024
On 14 February 2024, the Commission adopted a report on the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2021/784, which addresses the dissemination of terrorist content online (→ eucrim 2/2021, 95-97 ). The Regulation applies as of 7 June 2022 (→ eucrim 2/2022, 112) The report … Read more
EU Racism and Xenophobia Terrorism
MONEYVAL: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Romania 
29 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 18 July 2023, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Romania with the following key findings. In general, the report found that Romania has taken a number of actions to strengthen its legal and institutional AML/CTF framework since the country’s last evaluation in 2014; however, these efforts only show moderate levels of effectiveness in all areas but international cooperation. Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering Terrorism
MONEYVAL: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on North Macedonia 
29 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 12 July 2023, MONEYVAL published the fifth round mutual evaluation report on North Macedonia. It calls for improvements particularly in the investigation and prosecution of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) as well as the financing of proliferation (FP). According to the report, North Macedonia has strengthened its legal framework since the last mutual evaluation and laid the foundation for a sound regime to tackle ML and TF. Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering Terrorism
MONEYVAL: Typologies Report on ML and TF Risks in the World of Virtual Assets 
29 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 6 July 2023, MONEYVAL published a report on money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) risks in the world of virtual assets (VA) and their service providers (VASP) in MONEYVAL members states and territories. Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering Terrorism
MONEYVAL Annual Report for 2022 
29 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 20 June 2023, Moneyval published its annual report for 2022. The report assesses the compliance of the 33 member states and territories (subject to the Committee’s monitoring as of 31 December 2022) with international standards and developments to combat money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (ML/CFT) in their legal and institutional frameworks. Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering Terrorism
Europol Successfully Collaborates with TikTok on Referral Action Day 
23 November 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In the context of the public-private partnership between TikTok, law enforcement agencies, and Europol, the partners conducted a Referral Action Day to target suspected terrorist and violent extremist content online. The public-private partnership aims to address terrorists' abuse of the Internet, prevent online radicalisation, and … Read more
EU Europol Terrorism
New Possibilities for Information Exchange in Terrorism Cases 
23 November 2023 (updated 2 years, 7 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 31 October 2023, Regulation (EU) 2023/2131 amending Eurojust Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 as regards digital information exchange in terrorism cases entered into force. Through the amended Regulation, Eurojust may now establish a modern Case Management System (CMS) to store operational information as well as a … Read more
EU Eurojust Terrorism
Europol TE-SAT 2023 
15 November 2023 (updated 1 year, 7 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2023
In its 2023 TE-SAT report, Europol provides a situational overview on terrorism in 2022. The report presents figures and developments within the terrorism landscape in the EU. It compiled the findings of EU Member States and Europol on trends emerging in terrorism over the year 2022. Read more
EU Europol Terrorism
AML: Commission Updated List of High-Risk Third Countries 
16 October 2023 (updated 11 months, 2 weeks ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2023
In May and August 2023, the Commission updated the EU list of high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Currently, 132 jurisdictions worldwide are subject to review and assessments by the EU institutions since their AML/CFT standard is low. Read more
EU Money Laundering Terrorism
2022 EBA Review: Progress in the Fight Against ML/TF 
27 September 2023
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen
On 11 July 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published findings from the review it conducted in 2022 on how competent authorities are addressing money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks in the banking sector. The EBA regularly conducts these reviews on the basis of … Read more
EU Money Laundering Terrorism