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New Rules for Crypto-Assets in the EU 
25 September 2023 (updated 2 years, 9 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2023
The EU passed new legislation designed to prevent misuse of the crypto industry for the purposes of money laundering and financing of terrorism. Read more
EU Legislation Money Laundering Terrorism
Europol TE-SAT 2022 
8 August 2022 (updated 1 year, 7 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2022
On 13 July 2022, Europol published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2022. The report gives an overview of terrorism in Europe in 2021, analyses the situation regarding Jihadist, right-wing/left-wing and anarchist terrorism as well as ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorism, and provides for an outlook on potential developments. Read more
EU Europol Terrorism
Council Conclusions on Combating Terrorism 
6 July 2022
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 9 June 2022, the JHA Council adopted conclusions on the achievements and next steps in protecting Europeans from terrorism. Combatting terrorism, especially with regard to the return of foreign terrorist fighters and the detection of terrorist individuals in the Schengen area, was one … Read more
EU Council Terrorism
French Council Presidency Wants Better Use of SIS against Terrorists 
11 April 2022 (updated 4 years, 3 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2022
At the beginning of its Council Presidency, France initiated discussion of whether the post-hit procedure in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for alerts related to terrorism should be improved. It is proposed that all Member States having previously volunteered receive alerts on certain terrorists and are mandatorily and automatically informed of the hits. Read more
EU Schengen Terrorism Law Enforcement Cooperation
Proposal to Improve Digital Information Exchange in Terrorism Cases 
29 January 2022 (updated 4 years, 3 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 4/2021
On 1 December 2021, the European Commission launched a new initiative to digitalise EU justice systems and to improve digital information exchange in terrorism cases. The main goal of this proposal is to render the exchange of information between the competent national authorities, Eurojust, and … Read more
EU Legislation Eurojust Terrorism
Commission Assessed Added Value of Directive on Combating Terrorism 
22 December 2021
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 18 November 2021, the European Commission published a report that assessed the added value of Directive 2017/541 on combating terrorism. The Directive is the main criminal law instrument at the EU level to combat terrorism. Read more
EU Terrorism
Annual Report on Online Jihadist Propaganda Published 
12 November 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 13 August 2021, Europol published the third edition of its annual report on Online Jihadist Propaganda. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of major trends and developments in the online propaganda of the most prominent jihadist organisations, namely the Islamic State (IS), al-Qaeda … Read more
Europol Terrorism
Europol TE-SAT 2021 
10 July 2021 (updated 4 years, 1 month ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2021
On 22 June 2021, Europol published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2021, which gives an overview of terrorist attacks and terrorism-related arrests in the EU in 2020. For the TE-SAT reports for previous years, → eucrim 2/2020, 95; eucrim 2/2019, … Read more
EU Europol Terrorism
Spotlight Regulation Addressing the Dissemination of Terrorist Content Passed 
7 July 2021 (updated 4 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2021
The European Parliament and the Council adopted the Regulation addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online. It aims to curb the dissemination of contents by terrorists who intend to spread their messages, radicalise and recruit followers, and facilitate and direct terrorist activities. Criticism on this piece of legislation continue in the public debate. Read more
EU Racism and Xenophobia Terrorism
Council Conclusions: COVID-19 Impact on Terrorism and Violent Extremism 
6 July 2021
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 8 June 2021, the JHA Council adopted conclusions on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on terrorism and violent extremism. They provide an overview of the current situation and identify needs for action. It is stressed that information on the understanding and assessment of the online dimension of the terrorist and extremist threats are particularly important. Therefore, Member States must provide INTCEN and Europol with the necessary support. Read more
EU Security Union Terrorism
Terrorist Content Online: Council Agrees on Regulation – Criticism from NGOs 
12 April 2021
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Council gave green light to the text on the new EU regulation addressing the dissemination of terrorist content online. Over 60 civil society organisation, however, urge MEPs not to follow suit and deny the regulation in its current form. The EP is due to adopt the regulation at its plenary session at the end of April. Read more
EU Racism and Xenophobia Terrorism
2019 Counter-Terrorism Report by Eurojust 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 9 December 2020, Eurojust published its 2019 Report on Counter-Terrorism presenting the Agency’s activities in the area of counter-terrorism in the year 2019. The report gives an overview of Eurojust’s casework on counter-terrorism and presents the main concepts/principles of the newly developed European Judicial … Read more
EU Eurojust Terrorism
Commission: Counter-Terrorism Agenda 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 9 December 2020, the European Commission published a Communication on the Counter-Terrorism Agenda of the EU. It sets out a four-pillar strategy to anticipate, prevent, protect, and respond to terrorist threats.(1) Anticipation of terrorist threatsThe strategy underlines the importance of the … Read more
EU Commission Terrorism
Commission Identifies Weaknesses in Transposition of Directive on Combating Terrorism 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 9 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2020
On 30 September 2020, the Commission published a report assessing the measures taken by the Member States to comply with EU anti-terrorism legislation (Directive 2017/541 --> eucrim 2/2017, 69). The Member States had to implement the rules of the Directive by 8 September 2018. … Read more
EU Terrorism
Commission: EU PNR Directive Delivered Tangible Results 
31 August 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 24 July 2020, the Commission presented its review of Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of terrorist offences and … Read more
EU Schengen Organised Crime Terrorism Data Protection
Europol: TE-SAT 2020 
31 August 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 23 June 2020, Europol published its new Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2020. It outlines the latest developments with regard to jihadist, ethno-nationalist and separatist, left-wing and anarchist, right-wing, and single-issue terrorism.Unfortunately, the year 2019 has seen a fairly new security … Read more
EU Europol Terrorism