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FRA Signs Agreements with Frontex and eu-Lisa 
6 May 2024
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2024
On 12 March 2024, FRA signed two new agreements to strengthen its partnership and cooperation with Frontex and eu-Lisa.The cooperation plan established between FRA and eu-Lisa (the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale lT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security … Read more
Frontex Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
EPPO’s Operational Activities: January – March 2024 
6 May 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2024
This news item provides an overview of the EPPO's main operational activities from 1 January to 31 March 2024. It continues the periodic analyses of recent issues (last: → eucrim 4/2023, 322-324) and reports in reverse chronological order. Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
EPPO Signs Working Arrangement with Czechia’s Supreme Audit Office 
6 May 2024
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2024
On 28 February 2024, the EPPO and the Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic (SAO) signed a Working Arrangement to facilitate and foster the exchange of information on suspicious financial transactions relating to facts and offences falling within the remit of the EPPO.The … Read more
European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
Overview of Convictions in EPPO Cases: January – March 2024 
6 May 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 1/2024
The following is an overview of court verdicts and alternative resolutions in EPPO cases, which continues the overviews given in previous eucrim issues (last →eucrim 4/2023). A brief analysis of EPPO's news reports from January to March 2024 is presented in reverse chronological … Read more
European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
MONEYVAL: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Azerbaijan 
3 May 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri in Issue 1/2024
On 12 February 2024, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Azerbaijan. Its geographical, transcontinental location impacts the risks related to drugs smuggling and higher risk jurisdictions. The most important sector within the financial industry is the banking sector, holding 95% of the country’s … Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering
2024 State of Schengen Report 
2 May 2024 (updated 1 year, 5 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 1/2024
On 16 April 2024, the European Commission published the 2024 State of Schengen report, providing an overview of the past year’s developments and setting new priorities for the upcoming year (for the 2023 report → eucrim 2/2023, 114-115; for the 2022 report →  … Read more
EU Schengen Commission
Operational Partnership Conference between OLAF and EPPO 
2 May 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
On 22/23 April 2024, OLAF and the EPPO held an Operational Partnership Conference in Brussels. Prosecutors and financial investigators from the EPPO and investigators, forensic experts and analysts from OLAF convened to share experiences and best practices as well as to discuss … Read more
OLAF European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
EDPS Raises Concerns Over Planned Police Cooperation in Migrant Smuggling 
1 May 2024
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 2/2024
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published an Opinion on the proposed Regulation to enhance police cooperation to prevent, detect, and investigate the smuggling of migrants and the trafficking of human beings, and to reinforce the role of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation … Read more
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Police Cooperation Data Protection
MONEYVAL: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Montenegro 
1 May 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri in Issue 1/2024
On 1 February 2024, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Montenegro. Even though Montenegro is not an EU Member State, the country uses the EURO as its de facto official currency since 2002, with the banking sector – the country’s most significant … Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering
EDPS Annual Report 2023 
30 April 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
On 9 April 2024, the European Data Protection Supervisor presented its Annual Report 2023. The Report looks back to the EDPS' activities in 2023 with regard to "supervision and enforcement", "policy and consultation", and "technology and privacy".When presenting the report on 9 April … Read more
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Data Protection
Comparative Study on Access to Classified Data in National Security-Related Immigration Cases 
30 April 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
In a study, released in April 2024, national experts explored and compared the extent to which European standards are applied in 25 EU Member States with regard to the access to State classified information in immigration-related proceedings. The study relates to administrative decisions against foreign … Read more
EU Security Union Procedural Safeguards
ECJ Ruling on Fingerprints in Identity Cards 
24 April 2024
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 1/2024
On 21 March 2024, the ECJ delivered its judgment in Case C-61/22 (RL) involving the city of Wiesbaden, the capital of the German state of Hesse, regarding the mandatory inclusion of two fingerprints in identity cards. In the case at issue, a German … Read more
EU Data Protection
Belgian Council Presidency: Better Fight against Organised Crime and Drug Trafficking 
17 April 2024 (updated 1 year, 11 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
At the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council Meeting on 4/5 March 2024, the Belgian Council Presidency discussed steps forward with regard to the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking - one of the priorities of the Belgian Council Presidency in the first half … Read more
EU Organised Crime
FRA Report Sees Room for Improvement to Guarantee Rights in EAW Proceedings 
15 April 2024 (updated 1 year, 4 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 1/2024
At the end of March 2024, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) published a report on how the principles and rights in European Arrest Warrant (EAW) proceedings are upheld in practice. The report is a response to a call from the Council towards FRA to … Read more
EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) European Arrest Warrant Procedural Safeguards
GRECO: The Link between Environmental Crimes and Corruption 
14 April 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri in Issue 4/2023
On 8 December 2023, in the run-up to the annual International Anti-Corruption Day, GRECO President Marin Mrčela issued a statement in which he highlighted the links between environmental crimes (e.g., illegal forestry, illegal fishery, illegal wildlife trade, illegal mining, illegal dumping, and illegal transport of … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption Environmental Crime
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Portugal 
14 April 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri in Issue 4/2023
On 10 January 2024, GRECO presented its 5th round evaluation report on Portugal. GRECO acknowledges the extensive anti-corruption legal and institutional framework developed by Portugal, made possible by transparency and anti-corruption legislative packages introduced in 2019 and 2021. These include the following:A national … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption