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Resumption of Hearings 
9 July 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Since 25 May 2020, the Court of Justice of the EU has resumed holding hearings at its premises in Luxembourg. The hearings are subject to strict hygiene and social distancing protocols. Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Europol Report on Migrant Smuggling 
9 July 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Europol published the 4th Annual Report on its European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC), looking at its 2019 activities to counter facilitated illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings. Key findings of the report in the area of migrant smuggling underline that border control … Read more
EU Europol
EPRS: Implementation Assessment of EAW 
23 June 2020 (updated 5 years, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2020
European Parliamentary Research Service published the second part of the evaluation on implementation of the FD EAW. The comprehensive study report of June 2020 (by Dr. Wouter van Ballegooij) presents conclusions on implementation of the FD EAW and makes recommendations as to how to address the shortcomings identified. Read more
EU European Arrest Warrant
Moneyval: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Gibraltar 
22 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 12 February 2020, Moneyval published its fifth round evaluation report on the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. MONEYVAL calls on the authorities of Gibraltar to better use the tools and mechanisms they have in place to combat ML and FT.The financial sector in … Read more
EU Money Laundering
Moneyval: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Cyprus 
22 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 12 February 2020, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on the effectiveness of the Cypriot anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime and its level of compliance with FATF Recommendations. MONEYVAL calls on the Cypriot authorities to take a … Read more
EU Money Laundering
ECtHR: Publication of Annual Report and Statistics for 2019 
22 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 29 January 2020, the ECtHR published its annual activity report and statistics for 2019. At the close of 2019, the number of applications pending before the Court totalled 59,800. The majority of pending cases were against the Russian Federation (25.2 %), followed by cases … Read more
European Court of Human Rights
ECtHR: Exceptional Measures due to the Global Health Crisis 
22 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 27 March 2020, the ECtHR provided insight into its activities during the unprecedented global health crisis. Since 16 March 2020, the Court has taken a number of exceptional measures announced in an earlier press release. Its essential activities, including the registering of incoming … Read more
European Court of Human Rights
GRECO: Ad hoc Report on Slovenia 
18 June 2020 (updated 3 years, 3 months ago)
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri in Issue 1/2020
On 18 February 2020 GRECO published an ad hoc report under Rule 34 on Slovenia. During its 83rd General Assembly (21 June 2019), GRECO was alerted to possible political interference by the legislative branch in relation to public officials, prosecutors, and judges in Slovenia … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Croatia 
18 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 24 March 2020 GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Croatia. GRECO recognises the available anti-corruption tools but calls for improvements in legislation and practice. Among the key challenges, integrity standards should also apply to persons working for the government in an … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Belgium 
18 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 23 January 2020, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Belgium. The lack of an integrity policy or ethical framework for ministers and staff members of their private offices emerged as the most striking problem. There are few regulations on incompatibilities and … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on France 
18 June 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 9 January 2020, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on France. The focus of this evaluation round is on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. The evaluation focuses particularly on such issues as … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
ECA Examined Costs and Cost Savings in EU’s Cohesion Policy Funds 
4 June 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 16 April 2020, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published the results of an audit on implementation of the EU's Cohesion Policy Funds (Special Report No 07/2020). There are, however, deficiencies in the completeness, coherence, and consistency of the collected data. Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
EU Condemns Malicious Cyber Activities in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic 
4 June 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In a declaration of 30 April 2020, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borell, condemned malicious cyber activities targeting essential operators in Member States and their international partners, including those in the healthcare sector. Read more
EU Corona Cybercrime
EPPO: Nomination of College Delayed, Budget Increase 
4 June 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The compilation of the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has been delayed. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the selection panel could not meet in March 2020; therefore, the appointment of recently nominated European Prosecutors had to be postponed. Initially, it was envisaged that … Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
OLAF Investigations against MEPs 
4 June 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 30 April 2020, OLAF informed the public that it had successfully concluded two internal investigations against MEPs and their staff. The investigations were launched in 2017/2018 after allegations that money from salaries was being transferred to the national political parties. This is not allowed under the rules of the EP. Read more
EU OLAF
Italy: Successful Strike against Tobacco Smuggling 
4 June 2020
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
Italy’s Guardia di Finanza successfully broke up a tobacco smuggling ring in May 2020. After OLAF’s tip-off, the Italian authorities raided the port of Salerno and led an investigation against 69 persons. They uncovered two consignments of smuggled tobacco that were being shipped from the … Read more
EU OLAF