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EU Member States Froze Closer Ties between Europol and Israel
According to media reports, representatives of EU Member States in the Council JHA working party blocked the approval of an agreement between Europol and Israel, which would allow the exchange of personal data for the purpose of combating serious crime and terrorism. Read more
Thomas Wahl
EU
Europol
Pilot Project for Self-Registration at Borders
Frontex, together with the French Ministry of the Interior, is currently testing a website for the impact of self-registration on overall processing times and the potential of a self-serviced mobile application to further improve border control. Test participants are non-EU citizens coming to the EU … Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Frontex
Statewatch Report on New Europol Mandate
Under the title "Empowering the police, removing protection", the NGO Statewatch published a report which scrutinizes Europol's new role under the amended Europol Regulation which entered into force end of June 2022. The authors underline their concerns over their finding that the agency has garnered greater power while being subject to less independent supervision and scrutiny. Read more
EU
Europol
Data Protection
Working Arrangement between EPPO and Prosecution Office of North Macedonia
On 24 October 2022, a working arrangement between the EPPO and the State Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of North Macedonia was signed. aims at facilitating judicial cooperation in criminal matters and the exchange of information when it comes to the prosecution of crimes against the EU budget. Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Frontex Reacted to OLAF Report
After media leaks of an OLAF report on misconducts in relation to Frontex's operational activities, the Agency reacted on 14 October 2022, clarifying the state of play of remedial measures. Read more
EU
OLAF
Frontex
2021 Report of the Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights
On 17 October 2022, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published the annual report for the year 2021. The report outlines the main observations and recommendations that the Forum raised throughout the year with Frontex to strengthen fundamental rights protection in Frontex activities. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Frontex
Policing in the Metaverse
A Europol report entitled "Policing in the metaverse: what law enforcement needs to know" explains the potential of criminal activities within the metaverse and the potential for law enforcement to make use of the metaverse and its related technology. Read more
EU
Europol
Frontex Discharge for 2020 in Limbo
Despite efforts to address criticism of its activities, financial and personal management, and transparency policy, Frontex was unable to convince MEPs to take a favourable discharge decision on Frontex's 2020 accounts. MEPs refused the discharge on 18 October 2022, arguing, inter alia, that there are still structural problems which must be solved. Read more
EU
Frontex
CEPEJ: 2022 Report on European Judicial Systems
On 5 October 2022, CEPEJ published its ninth biennial evaluation report on the efficiency and quality of justice in Europe. The report is based on data from 2020 on the major trends in the judicial systems of 44 CoE Member States (Liechtenstein and San Marino … Read more
Dr. András Csúri
Council of Europe
European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ)
Moneyval: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Liechtenstein
On 29 June 2022, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Liechtenstein. The fifth evaluation round builds on previous MONEYVAL assessments by strengthening the examination of how effectively Member States prevent and combat money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF).MONEYVAL acknowledges for Liechtenstein … Read more
Council of Europe
Money Laundering
Russian Federation Ceased to Be a Party to the ECHR
On 16 September 2022, in accordance with Resolution CM/Res(2022)2 on cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation to the CoE (adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 16 March 2022) and pursuant to the Resolution on the consequences of the cessation of membership of … Read more
Council of Europe
Human Rights Issues
ECtHR: First Female President Elected
On 19 September 2022, the Irish judge Síofra O'Leary was elected as the new President of the ECtHR, the first woman to hold this position. Judge O’Leary, who succeeds Robert Spano (Iceland), took up office on 1 November 2022. O’Leary holds a PhD from the … Read more
Council of Europe
European Court of Human Rights
Eurojust Publishes Report on Money Laundering
On 20 October 2022, Eurojust published its first Report on Money Laundering. The report, which aims to support national authorities, presents a structured overview of the legal and practical issues arising from the investigation and prosecution of cross-border money laundering cases. Read more
EU
Eurojust
Money Laundering
New Representative for Denmark
In October 2022, Mr Torben Thygesen was appointed Eurojust Representative for Denmark. Prior to joining Eurojust, Mr Thygesen served as Deputy State Prosecutor and Chief Prosecutor in different sections of the Danish prosecution service. He has a wealth of working experience in tackling serious and … Read more
EU
Eurojust
EU Reactions to Russian War in Ukraine: Overview July – October 2022
This news item continues the reporting on key EU reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, as far as the impact of the invasion on the EU’s internal security policy, criminal law and the protection of the EU’s financial interests are concerned. The following overview covers the period from the end of July 2022 to the end of October 2022. Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Ukraine conflict
Spotlight New EU Rules for Online Platforms
The European Parliament and Council adopted the legislative package regulating online platforms that operate their businesses in the EU. The package consists of the Digital Markets Act and the Digital Services Act. The two EU Regulations entered into force in November 2022, however they will gradually start to apply in 2023 and 2024. Big digital companies must apply the stipulated obligations earlier. Read more
EU
Legislation