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Operation OPSON Seizes Fake Food and Drink Products 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
From December 2018 to April 2019, Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition and INTERPOL coordinated Operation OPSON, which resulted in the seizure of some 16,000 tonnes and 33 million litres of potentially dangerous fake food and drink products. Read more
EU Europol Counterfeiting & Piracy
EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2019 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
The EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2019 (TE-SAT 2019) was recently published. It outlines the latest developments with regard to jihadist terrorism, ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorism, left-wing and anarchist terrorism, right-wing terrorism, and single-issue terrorism. Read more
EU Europol Terrorism
New Task Force to Combat Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 2 July 2019, Europol launched a new task force to strengthen its fight against criminal networks involved in migrant smuggling and trafficking of human beings. Read more
EU Europol Organised Crime
Liaison Office Opened in Tirana 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 11 July 2019, Europol officially opened its first liaison office in the Western Balkans, namely in Tirana, Albania. Read more
EU Europol
Europol 20th Anniversary Website 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
In view of the 20th anniversary, Europol created a dedicated subpage on its website offering information on its history in an interactive way. Read more
EU Europol
Death of Advocate General Yves Bot 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Advocate General Yves Bot passed away on 9 June 2019. He served as Public Prosecutor at the Regional Court of Paris and later as Principal State Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal of Paris. He had been Advocate General at the CJEU since 7 … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Judge Egils Levits Resigns 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Egils Levits resigned as Judge at the Court of Justice of the EU following his election as President of the Republic of Latvia on 29 May 2019. He had served as Judge at the CJEU since 11 May 2004. Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Finnish Presidency Programme 
9 September 2019
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 1 July 2019, Finland took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. In its programme, the Finnish Presidency underlines the need to comprehensively protect the security of EU citizens through, inter alia, cooperation in security and defence. The key … Read more
EU Council
Spotlight Commission Presents New Concept to Strengthen Rule of Law 
9 September 2019 (updated 4 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 17 July 2019, the European Commission adopted a set of actions to further strengthen the rule of law in Europe. Key aspects are increased awareness, an annual monitoring cycle, and more effective enforcement. Read more
EU Fundamental Rights Rule of Law
Report
Europäisches Strafrecht nach der österreichischen Ratspräsidentschaft  Konferenz der Österreichischen Vereinigung für Europäisches Strafrecht
7 September 2019 (updated 7 years ago)
Carmen Kaudela LL.B. Carmen Kaudela LL.B. / Lena Kristin Radl LL.B. Lena Kristin Radl LL.B. in Issue 2/2019
On 7 March 2019, the Austrian Association of European Criminal Law together with the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Federal Justice Ministry organized a one-day conference on European Criminal law after the 2018 Austrian Council Presidency. The event raised great interest by many scholars and practitioners and covered three main topics. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Judicial Cooperation Law Enforcement Cooperation
Report
Report on the HERCULE III Project “Criminal law protection of the financial interests of the EU” of the University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law 
6 September 2019 (updated 7 years ago)
Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas Prof. Dr. Ákos Farkas / Dr. habil. Judit Jacsó Dr. habil. Judit Jacsó / Dr. Bence Udvarhelyi Dr. Bence Udvarhelyi in Issue 2/2019
The general objective of the project was to protect the EU's financial interests and to prevent and combat fraud, corruption, and other illicit activities. In this context, the project focused on new practical challenges, e.g. cybercrime. One of the main events was the Winter Academy “Current questions and answers relating to the criminal law protection of the financial interests of the European Union” from 14–16 February 2019 at the Hungarian Judicial Academy. Read more
EU Corruption Cybercrime Money Laundering Protection of Financial Interests
Who Will Recover Jeffrey Epstein’s Assets? 
16 August 2019
Stefan D. Cassella Stefan D. Cassella
With the death of American financier Jeffrey Epstein on 10 August 2019, who faced federal charges for sex trafficking, the Government’s criminal case against him comes to an end and so does the effort to recover his assets and distribute them to the victims as … Read more
Freezing of Assets / Confiscation
NGO Sees Lack of Key Safeguards in Planned E-Evidence Legislation 
19 June 2019
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The plans to establish new rules that enable law enforcement authorities to directly seek the preservation and production of electronically stored data held by private service providers (the “e-evidence proposals”, see eucrim 1/2018, 35-36) face further criticism from civil stakeholders. In February 2019, Fair … Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation
CCBE Assesses U.S. CLOUD Act 
19 June 2019
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Council of Bars and Law Societies in Europe (CCBE) scrutinised the U.S. CLOUD Act. It allows U.S. federal law enforcement to compel U.S.-based technology companies to provide requested data stored on servers via warrant or subpoena − regardless of whether the data are stored … Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation
CCBE Makes Recommendations on Future E-Evidence Scheme 
19 June 2019
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 28 February 2019, the Council of Bars and Law Societies in Europe (CCBE) eyed recent developments at the EU and international levels to establish legal frameworks for cross-border access of law enforcement authorities to electronic evidence. The CCBE made several recommendations (available in English … Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation
Council Takes Position on Role of Legal Representatives in E-Evidence Cases 
19 June 2019
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The European Parliament signalled that it is not eager to enter into trilogue negotiations on the proposed European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters before the end of the parliamentary term in May 2019. The Council, however, went ahead with the … Read more
EU Law Enforcement Cooperation