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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
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
Capacity-Strengthening in the EU Eastern Neighbourhood 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of June 2020, a four-year-long initiative was kicked off between Europol and six Eastern Partnership countries to fight organised crime. Funded by the European Commission, this Europol-led project will support the law enforcement authorities of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine … Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Major strike at Euro-Counterfeiting Network 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
After more than two years of preliminary investigations, law enforcement authorities from Italy, Belgium and France, supported by Europol, dismantled the possibly largest organised crime network involved in euro counterfeiting. Over the years, the criminal network has presumably produced and distributed more than three million … Read more
EU Europol Counterfeiting & Piracy Organised Crime
Working Arrangement with Kosovo 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 9 and 10 June 2020, the Management Board of Europol pathed the way for signing a Working Arrangement with the law enforcement authorities of Kosovo to combat serious and organised crime. Under the arrangement, Kosovo will, for instance, establish a central office for cooperation … Read more
EU Europol
Working Arrangement with Mexico 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 1 July 2020, a formal Working Arrangement to expand and deepen collaboration between Europol and the Mexican Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) was signed. Under the Working Arrangement, a secure system will be introduced to exchange information between the parties so as … Read more
EU Europol
European Prosecutors Appointed 
31 August 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 27 July 2020, the Council appointed the European prosecutors for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) of all 22 participating EU Member States. The appointments were delayed since Malta had failed to deliver a sufficient shortlist of its candidates in line with the nomination … Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
CJEU – Annual Report 2019 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
According to its newly released Annual Report 2019, the highest-ever number of new cases (1905) were brought before the European Court of Justice and the General Court. 1,739 cases were decided by the CJEU in 2019, and 2,500 cases were pending. The average length of … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
German EU Presidency Programme 
31 August 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Since 1 July 2020, Germany holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU until 31 December 2020. Guided by the motto “Together for Europe’s recovery”, the Presidency’s programme focuses on Europe’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and looks at solutions to create a stronger … Read more
EU Council
Spotlight Commission: New EU Security Union Strategy 
31 August 2020 (updated 4 years, 5 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2020
On 24 July 2020, the Commission presented its new EU Security Union Strategy for the period 2020-2025. It lays out the tools and measures to be developed over the next five years to ensure security in both the physical and the digital environment. The … Read more
EU Security Union
Commission Presents Three Deliverables of its New Security Strategy 
31 August 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
Alongside with its new Union Security Strategy of 24 July 2020, the Commission has tabled more concrete policy goals in three priority areas:Fight against child sexual abuse;Fight against illicit drugs;Fight against firearms trafficking.The Commission points out that threats in these areas … Read more
EU Security Union
CJEU Rules on Recognition of Probation Decisions 
14 August 2020 (updated 5 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2020
The recognition of a judgment suspending the execution of a custodial sentence, only under the condition that the accused does not commit new offences during a probation period, may fall within the scope of Framework Decision 2008/947/JHA. This was decided by the CJEU on … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Law Enforcement Cooperation
AG: German Public Prosecutor’s Office Can be Considered “Judicial Authority” to Issue EIOs 
14 August 2020 (updated 5 years, 9 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In case C-584/19 (Staatsanwaltschaft Wien v A and Others), the CJEU was requested to answer the question of whether its case law on the independence of the (German) public prosecutor's office in relation to the European Arrest Warrant (see eucrim 1/2019, pp. 31-33) … Read more
EU European Investigation Order
AG: Independence of Executing Judicial Authority Necessary to Decide on EAW Issues 
14 August 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In his opinion of 25 June 2020, Advocate General (AG) Campos Sánchez-Bordona supports not recognising a public prosecutor’s office exposed to the risk of being subject, directly or indirectly, to directions or instructions from the executive in specific cases as an authority that can … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) European Arrest Warrant
European Arrest Warrant: Commission Sees Highlights and Lowlights 
14 August 2020 (updated 5 years, 6 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2020
The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) remains a success story, but Member States must properly implement the instruments of mutual recognition, including the EAW, to achieve the objective of developing and maintaining a European area of freedom, security and justice. This was declared by Commissioners Věra … Read more
EU European Arrest Warrant