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Action Day against Racism and Xenophobia on the Internet 
29 November 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 3 November 2020, for the first time, Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre coordinated a European-wide action day targeting racist and xenophobic hate speech on the Internet. The action was initiated by Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office. Law enforcement authorities from more than 10 … Read more
EU Europol Racism and Xenophobia
EU Internet Referral Unit Transparency Report for 2019 
29 November 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 13 October 2020, Europol’s EU Internet Referral Unit (EU IRU) published its 2019 Transparency Report. The report gives an account of the unit’s preventive activities and the investigative support it provides. The EU IRU, which started its operations in 2015, is part of … Read more
EU Europol Racism and Xenophobia
Europol: Report on Internet-Enabled Trafficking in Human Beings 
29 November 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 18 October 2020, Europol published a report outlining the challenges of countering human trafficking in the digital era. Modern communication technologies have significantly impacted the way in which organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in international trafficking in human beings (THB) operate by broadening … Read more
EU Europol Trafficking in Human Beings
ECA: Assessment on the Future of EU Agencies 
29 November 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of October 2020, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a special report on the future of EU agencies. The report assesses the conditions put in place by the EU to ensure the agencies’ adequate performance. Furthermore, the report is intended … Read more
EU Europol Eurojust Frontex Protection of Financial Interests
Blow against Dark Web 
29 November 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of September 2020, a large-scale series of operations coordinated by Eurojust and Europol led to the arrests of 179 vendors of illicit goods on the Dark Web across Europe and the United States. The operations also led to the seizure of €6.5 … Read more
EU Europol
EDPS: Europol’s Processing of Large Datasets Not Compliant 
29 November 2020 (updated 4 years, 5 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 3/2020
On 5 October 2020, the EDPS published a decision on its inquiry concerning Europol’s processing of “large datasets,” i.e., contributions received from Member States and other operational partners or collected in the context of open source intelligence activities.The EDPS found that Europol’s processing of … Read more
EU Europol
Study on Data Exchange between Europol and Private Parties 
29 November 2020 (updated 4 years, 7 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
According to a study by the law and policy consultant “milieu” on the practice of direct exchanges of personal data between Europol and private parties that was commissioned by the European Commission (and made public in November 2020), the revision of Europol’s current Regulation is … Read more
EU Europol
Webinar on Strengthening Europol’s Mandate 
29 November 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 15 October 2020, the political group “Review Europe” of the European Parliament hosted a webinar to discuss the reinforcement of Europol’s powers and to increase its financial resources. Panellists included several MEPs as well as representatives of Europol, the EDPS, the European Commission, and … Read more
Europol
Report on Sports Corruption 
2 November 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 5 August 2020, Europol published a new report looking into the involvement of organised crime groups in sports corruption. The report analyses the following:The link between sports corruption and organised crime;The characteristics, structure, and modus operandi of criminal networks;The different … Read more
EU Europol Corruption Organised Crime
Spotlight IOCTA 2020 
2 November 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 5 October 2020, Europol published its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2020. The report details the latest developments with regard to cross-cutting crime facilitators and challenges to criminal investigations, cyber-dependent crime, child sexual exploitation online, payment fraud, and criminal abuse via the … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime Organised Crime
EMPACT Crime Fighting Initiative: 2019 Results 
31 August 2020 (updated 5 years, 2 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2020
On 1 July 2020, the EU’s operational mechanism to fight organised international crime, EMPACT, published its operational results for 2019. Within the framework of the EU Policy Cycle to tackle organised and serious international crime, factsheets outline the numbers of arrests, investigations, action days, … Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime Law Enforcement Cooperation
JHA Agencies Response to COVID-19 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
The nine EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies (CEPOL, EASO, EIGE, EMCDDA, eu-LISA, Eurojust, Europol, FRA, and Frontex) published a joint paper summarising their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since its beginning, the Agencies have aimed at supporting EU Member States and institutions to … Read more
EU Corona Europol Eurojust Frontex Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) Law Enforcement Cooperation
VAT Carousel Fraud Unravelled 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In June 2020, an operation in Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Serbia, coordinated by Eurojust and supported by Europol, unravelled a VAT fraud carousel that has caused a loss of approximately €10 M to the Hungarian budget. The organised crime group (OCG) imported … Read more
EU Europol Eurojust
Report on the COVID-19 Impact on EU Drug Markets Published 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In late May 2020, Europol and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) published a joint report looking at the impact of COVID-19 on drug markets in the EU. In its key findings, the report underlines the resilience of organised crime … Read more
EU Corona Europol
European Financial and Economic Crime Centre Launched 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
With the aim to enhance the operational support provided to the EU Member States and EU bodies in the fields of financial and economic crime, on 5 June 2020, Europol launched its new European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC). The EFECC is … Read more
EU Europol
New Report on Intellectual Property Crime 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 10 June 2020, Europol and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) published a new report on Intellectual Property (IP) crime and its links to other serious crimes such as pharmaceutical crime, drug trafficking, manslaughter, illegal weapons possession, forced labour, food fraud, excise fraud, … Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime