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Eurojust Vice-President Re-Elected
On 26 May 2026, Lithuania’s National Member at Eurojust, Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė, was re-elected as Vice-President of the Agency. She will begin her second four-year mandate on 28 June, continuing to serve alongside Eurojust President Michael Schmid and Vice-President José de la Mata.Ms … Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Eurojust
Spotlight IOCTA 2026
On 28 April 2026, Europol published the 11th edition of its 2026 Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA). Under the title “The evolving threat landscape: how encryption, proxies and artificial intelligence are expanding cybercrime”, the assessment provides a detailed analysis of significant developments, changes, and emerging threats in cybercrime in 2025. Read more
EU
Europol
Cybercrime
Organised Crime
Football Enters EU Anti-Money Laundering Framework
On 27 April 2026, in an interview with Italian outlet “Calcio e Finanza”, the Chair of AMLA outlined the rationale for bringing professional football clubs and agents under the EU’s anti-money laundering framework from July 2029.Football’s inclusion stems from the 2024 EU anti-money laundering … Read more
EU
Authority for Anti-Money Laundering (AMLA)
Money Laundering
CJEU Confirms National Courts’ Role in Reviewing EPPO Measures
On 16 April 2026, the CJEU delivered its judgment in Case C-328/24 P, Mincu Pătrașcu Brâncuși v EPPO, concerning a challenge brought by a Romanian national against procedural actions taken by the EPPO.In an investigation opened by the EPPO in 2021 against Mr. Mincu … Read more
EU
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
New Romanian National Member at Eurojust
In May 2026, the new National Member for Romania at Eurojust, Prosecutor Emilia Ioana Lionte, took up her duties.Before joining Eurojust, Ms Lionte served within Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate and gained extensive experience in international judicial cooperation, working as a national expert at … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Europol Starts Search for New Executive Director
On 2 May 2026, Europol entered a transition phase following the departure of Executive Director Catherine De Bolle, who stepped down on 1 May 2026 after eight years in office.The process to appoint a new Executive Director is now underway. Applications closed on … Read more
EU
Europol
Eurojust Annual Report 2025
On 24 April 2026, Eurojust published its Annual Report for 2025 highlighting a continued expansion of the Agency’s operational activities, judicial cooperation work, and international role in combating serious cross-border crime. The report has been published both as a pdf version for download and as … Read more
EU
Eurojust
Judicial Cooperation
ECA Unsatisfied with Transparency and Traceability in RRF
According to the ECA's special report of 6 May 2026, information on recipients, actual costs and results achieved under the current Recovery and Resilience Facility is insufficient. Gaps in transparency and traceability must be taken into account in the negotiations on the future EU budgets. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
Spotlight ECA: EU’s COVID-19 Recovery Fund Remains Vulnerable to Fraud
In a Special Report published on 11 February 2026, the European Court of Auditors found that the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) continues to suffer from weaknesses in the detection, reporting and correction of fraud cases. Read more
EU
ECA Opinions on Next MFF: "Many Changes May Not Make the Budget Better"
This news item summarises the "overview document" by the European Court of Auditors which summarises the main risks and challenges of the Commission's proposals on programmes for the next EU funding period 2028-2034. The Court issued a dozen opinions in the first quarter 2026. Read more
EU
Protection of Financial Interests
ECJ: Speciality Rule in TCA is No Refusal Ground
On 23 April 2026, the ECJ held in Case C-528/24 (Boothnesse) that a possible infringement of the speciality rule - a basic concept in extradition law - by the issuing State does not constitute, in itself, a ground for the executing judicial authority to refuse the execution of an extradition arrest warrant. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Judicial Cooperation
Procedural Safeguards
Frontex and Armenia Initial New Cooperation Arrangement
During the EU–Armenia summit held on 4/5 May 2026, Frontex and Armenia formally initialled a new Working Arrangement on border and migration management.The proposed arrangement provides for cooperation in areas including training, exchange of expertise, and risk analysis. Initialling confirms agreement on the text … Read more
EU
Frontex
Spotlight AG: The Commission Was Not Allowed to Release Funds for Hungary
n her Opinion, published on 12 February 2026 in Case C-225/24 (Parliament v Commission), Advocate General (AG) Tamara Ćapeta proposes that the Commission’s decision to release EU funds withheld from Hungary be annulled. Read more
EU
Rule of Law
European Parliament
Commission
Protection of Financial Interests
Europol Launches European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling
On 24 March 2026, Europol launched the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling (ECAMS) as part of the implementation of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum. The centre is intended to consolidate and strengthen existing Europol capabilities, leading to a more integrated, operationally focused structure … Read more
EU
Europol
Organised Crime
Trafficking in Human Beings
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Spotlight CoE Opens New Convention on Environmental Crime for Signature
On 3 December 2025, the Council of Europe opened the Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law (CETS No. 228) for signature, marking a significant step in the development of international legal tools to address environmental crime. The new convention seeks to strengthen criminal justice responses to serious environmental harm and promote closer cooperation between states in the investigation and prosecution of such offences. Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
Council of Europe
Environmental Crime
Overview of the Latest DMA Developments : November 2025 – February 2026
This overview continues regular reports in eucrim on the current developments in the implementation of the Digital Markets Act, the EU's legislative framework to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector regulating gatekeepers. Read more
EU
Legislation
Digital Space Regulation