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New National Member for Spain 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of November 2020, José de la Mata Amaya took up position as new National Member for Spain at Eurojust. Before joining Eurojust, Mr de la Mata Amaya served as judge of the Central Investigative Court No 5 of the Spanish National Court. … Read more
EU Eurojust
Further Cooperation between Eurojust and Third States 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 19 November 2020, the European Commission issued a Recommendation for a Council Decision to authorise the opening of negotiations for Agreements between the EU and ten third States, in order to foster judicial cooperation with Eurojust. The States include Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, … Read more
EU Eurojust
JHA Agencies Stepping Up Digitalisation 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 20 November 2020, the heads of the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies met virtually to exchange ideas on Artificial Intelligence and digital capacity building as well as training tools and innovative learning. As a next step, the JHA agencies agreed to draw … Read more
EU Eurojust
VAT Fraud Dismantled 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of November 2020, Hungarian authorities, supported by law enforcement authorities from Austria, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, and by Eurojust, dismantled an Organised Crime Group (OCG) involving large-scale VAT fraud. The OCG had been operating a multi-level company network … Read more
EU Eurojust
Interparliamentary Committee Evalua-tion of Eurojust 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 1 December 2020 − for the first time since the Eurojust Regulation became applicable in December 2019 −, Members of the European Parliament and national parliaments of the EU Member States convened (in a virtual meeting) to evaluate the Eurojust’s activities. In order to … Read more
EU Eurojust European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
Second SIRIUS EU Digital Evidence Situation Report 
12 February 2021 (updated 3 years, 8 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 1 December 2020, Eurojust, Europol, and the European Judicial Network (EJN) published the SIRIUS EU Digital Evidence Situation Report 2020. It provides an analysis of the access EU Member States currently have to electronic evidence held by online service providers (OSPs) as well … Read more
EU Eurojust
Eurojust Note on New Freezing and Confiscation Regulation 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 8 December 2002, Eurojust published a Note on Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders. It applies since 19 December 2020 and replaces Framework Decisions 2003/577/JHA on freezing property and evidence and 2006/783/JHA on confiscation orders (→ … Read more
EU Eurojust
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
Contribution Agreement with Europol Signed 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 23 December 2020, Eurojust and Europol signed a contribution agreement to expand their cooperation under the SIRIUS project. The SIRIUS project, which Europol launched in 2017, aims to support Internet-based investigations by co-developing tools and solutions for EU law enforcement and judicial authorities (→ … Read more
EU Eurojust
Report on Malicious Uses and Abuses of Artificial Intelligence 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 19 November 2020, Europol, the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), and Trend Micro (an IT company providing cybersecurity solutions) published a joint report on “Malicious Uses and Abuses of Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. Looking at the present state and possible … Read more
EU Europol
Spotlight Commission Proposes Europol Reform 
12 February 2021 (updated 4 years, 5 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 4/2021
On 9 December 2020, the European Commission published a proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 as regards Europol’s cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol’s role on research and innovation. Against the … Read more
Europol
New Decryption Platform Launched 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
At the end of December 2020, Europol launched a new decryption platform. The initiative is available to the national law enforcement authorities of all EU Member States to send lawfully obtained evidence to Europol for decryption. The platform, which was developed in cooperation with … Read more
EU Europol
Reform Reports Published 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 21 December 2020, the Court of Justice followed its obligation to monitor implementation of the reform it started in 2016 and sent two reports to the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission. The reports assess the effects of measures taken to increase the … Read more
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
EU-US Agenda for Global Change 
12 February 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 2 December 2020, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy put forward a joint proposal for a new EU-US Transatlantic Agenda. The Agenda sets out guiding principles of cooperation for a transatlantic partnership.The first … Read more
EU Commission
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
Council Conclusions on Enhancing Law Enforcement Cooperation 
9 February 2021
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
Alongside conclusions on internal security ( → separate news item under “Security Union”), the Council adopted conclusions on 14 December 2020 pointing the ways towards enhancing cross-border law enforcement/police cooperation. Read more
EU Security Union Law Enforcement Cooperation