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Europol: Environmental Crime Threat Assessment 2022 
26 July 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 27 June 2022, Europol published a new report assessing the environmental crime threats targeting the EU.In three main chapters, the report looks at the criminal networks involved in environmental crimes, the main typologies of environmental crimes investigated in the EU, and the impact … Read more
EU Europol Environmental Crime
Legislation on Information Alerts in SIS Passed 
20 July 2022
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 6 July 2022, the European Parliament and the Council passed new legislation that establishes the category of “information alerts” for entries into the Schengen Information System (SIS). “Information alerts” target third country nationals who are suspected to be involved in terrorist offences or other serious crime (listed in Annex I of the Europol Regulation 2016/794). Read more
EU Schengen Europol Law Enforcement Cooperation
Spotlight Amended Europol Regulation in Force – Criticism Remains 
20 July 2022 (updated 3 years, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2022
On 28 June 2022, the amendments to the 2016 Europol Regulation entered into force. This news item summarises the main elements of the changes to Europol's legal framework and points out critical voices that still remain following the compromise on Europol's new tasks and mandate found by the European Parliament and the Council. Read more
EU Europol Law Enforcement Cooperation
Operation Lake VI 
12 July 2022
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 24 June 2022, European law enforcement authorities reported on the results of the sixth edition of “Operation Lake”, which was carried out between November 2021 and June 2022. This annual operation targets the smuggling of the protected European glass eel. Europol, OLAF, the … Read more
EU OLAF Europol Environmental Crime
Financial Investigations in Relation to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 11 April 2022, Europol together with EU Member States, Eurojust and Frontex launched Operation Oskar, an umbrella operation comprising several investigations in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Operation Oskar supports the freezing of criminal assets owned by individuals and entities that … Read more
EU Ukraine conflict Europol Eurojust Frontex
Take-Down of RaidForums 
21 June 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the beginning of April 2022, Operation TOURNIQUET resulted in the successful take-down of the illegal marketplace ‘RaidForums’, one of the world’s biggest hacker forums selling access to high-profile database leaks. These leaks mainly belonged to several US corporations and contained information for millions of … Read more
Europol Cybercrime
Europol's Executive Director Reappointed 
21 June 2022 (updated 6 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2022
Ms. Catherine De Bolle has been appointed for a second term as Executive Director of Europol. The Executive Director of Europol is appointed for a four-year period, extendable once. Ms. De Bolle’s first term started in May 2018 (→ news of 20 October 2018) … Read more
Europol
New Reports on European Illicit Markets for Cocaine and Methamphetamine 
13 May 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 6 May 2022, Europol together with the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictionpublished two new online modules of reports taking a detailed look at the illicit EU markets for cocaine and for methamphetamine. The reports provide broad analyses of these markets following the supply chain from production and trafficking to distribution and use. Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Europol Report Criminal Use of Deepfake Technology 
9 May 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 28 April 2022, Europol's Innovation Lab published its first report giving a detailed overview of the criminal use of deepfake technology. The phenomena of deepfakes, the technology behind them, deepfake technology’s impact on crime and on law enforcement, the detection of deepfake, and … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
Europol Report on Criminal Use of Cryptocurrencies 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of January 2022, Europol published a new report containing an overview of the illicit use of cryptocurrencies. The report provides core definitions, case examples, and details of the challenges authorities face in combating the illicit use of such digital currencies.In its … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
Annual Report of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 23 February 2022, the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) at Europol published its sixth annual report for the year 2021. The report once again confirms migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings (THB) as being among the most serious criminal threats facing the EU. … Read more
EU Europol Trafficking in Human Beings
Open Letter: Reconsideration of Europol’s Data Processing Capacities 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Following the EDPS decision on the retention of datasets lacking data subject categorisation (→ related link), a consortium of 23 civil society organisations from across Europe and beyond sent an open letter to European policymakers on 26 January 2021. The letter urges them to seriously … Read more
EU Europol Data Protection
EDPS Orders Erasure of Personal Data Not Categorised by Europol 
26 April 2022 (updated 3 years, 11 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2022
On 3 January 2022, the EDPS issued an order which obliges Europol to erase datasets older than six months that are lacking data subject categorisation. Read more
EU Europol Data Protection
Intellectual Property Crime Threat Assessment 2022 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 16 March 2022, Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published their new Intellectual Property Crime Threat Assessment 2022. The report looks at the threat the EU faces from intellectual property (IP) crime. Key developments identified include the increased production and … Read more
EU Europol Counterfeiting & Piracy
Cooperation with Russia Suspended 
26 April 2022
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 17 March 2022, as a consequence of the situation in Ukraine, the Europol Management Board decided to suspend any cooperation with Russia. This decision also affects the strategic agreement concluded in November 2003. Furthermore, Europol will continue to work at all levels to support … Read more
EU Europol
Operation LUDUS II Seizes More than 5 Million Fake Toys 
28 March 2022 (updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2022
On 24 March 2022, OLAF and Europol reported on the results of the second edition of operation “LUDUS”. For the first edition → eucrim 1/2021, 13. The operation targets the trafficking of fake toys and other goods. The operation was led by Spanish law … Read more
EU OLAF Europol Counterfeiting & Piracy