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GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Romania 
14 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 7 September 2023, GRECO published its 5th Round Evaluation Report on Romania. The country joined GRECO in 1999 and had already been evaluated within the framework of GRECO’s First (October 2001), Second (February 2005), Third (November 2010) and Fourth (May 2014) Evaluation Rounds. Read more
Corruption
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Hungary 
14 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 9 June 2023, GRECO published its 5th Round Evaluation Report on Hungary. The country joined GRECO in 1999 and had already been evaluated within the framework of GRECO’s First (March 2003), Second (March 2006), Third (June 2010), and Fourth (March 2015) Evaluation Rounds. There is a declining track record in implementing GRECO’s recommendations: 90% of them were fully implemented in the 1st round, 58% in the second round, and 53% in the third round. Read more
Corruption
GRECO Annual Report 2022 
14 January 2024
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 15 June 2023, GRECO published its annual report for 2022. It provides insight into the most important findings of the fourth and fifth evaluation rounds and gives selected good practice examples. Read more
Corruption
Report on Online Fraud Schemes 
9 January 2024
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 4/2023
On 19 December 2023, Europol published a new spotlight report looking into online fraud schemes (OFSs). The report gives examples for online fraud against individuals and for the private and public sectors such as investment fraud, business email compromise (BEC), and phishing campaigns. In the … Read more
EU Europol Cybercrime
Action for Damages against Frontex Dismissed 
9 January 2024
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 3/2023
On 13 December 2023, the General Court issued an order in Case T-136/22 Hamoudi v Frontex, dismissing the action for damages of the Syrian national against Frontex. He claimed that he had been sent back out to sea the same day he arrived in … Read more
EU Frontex
New Roadmap to Fight Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime 
9 January 2024 (updated 2 years, 3 months ago)
Dr. Anna Pingen Dr. Anna Pingen in Issue 3/2023
On 18 October 2023, the Commission adopted a new EU Roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime. It sets out 17 actions in four key areas, including prevention, dismantling of criminal networks, cooperation with international partners and better resilience of logistics hubs. Read more
EU Commission Organised Crime
New Rules for Payment Service Providers to Fight VAT Fraud 
8 January 2024
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
New transparency regulations to combat VAT fraud in cross-border payments came into force on 1 January 2024. Directive 2020/284/EU amended the original VAT Directive 2006/112/EC with regard to the introduction of certain reporting requirements for payment service providers (PSPs), such as banks, e-money institutions, payment … Read more
EU Tax Evasion
Operation BELENOS: Illicit Cash Flows Targeted 
8 January 2024 (updated 1 year, 9 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
On 16 November 2023, the French Customs Authority and OLAF informed of the results from the joint customs cooperation BELENOS. The Operation targeted illicit flows of cash equal to or in excess of €10,000 entering or leaving the EU, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 … Read more
EU OLAF Money Laundering Customs Cooperation
Overview of Convictions in EPPO Cases: Fourth Quarter 2023 
8 January 2024 (updated 2 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
The following overview provides court verdicts in EPPO cases. It evaluates EPPO's news reports from October to December 2023 and continues the overview in → eucrim 2/2023, 128-129. Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
Commitment to Fight Corruption on International Anti-Corruption Day 
29 December 2023
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
8 December marks the International Anti-Corruption Day. On 8 December 2023, the European Commission reviewed the latest measures to fight corruption in the EU. The Commission stressed that the legislative anti-corruption package tabled in May 2023 (→ eucrim 2/2023, 139) represents a milestone in … Read more
EU Corruption
Complementary Investigation: OLAF and EPPO Successfully Cooperated 
29 December 2023 (updated 2 years, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
On 9 November 2023, OLAF and the EPPO reported on a successful example of complementary investigations. Both bodies investigated fraud offences in Romania with regard to IT projects financed by the European Union to support innovation and foster productivity. The damage to the Union budget … Read more
EU OLAF European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) Protection of Financial Interests
2023 Saw Marked Increase in Irregular Border Crossings 
29 December 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 4/2023
With over 355,300 irregular border crossings from January to November 2023, the year 2023 witnessed a 17% increase in the number of detections of irregular border crossings, marking the highest value recorded since 2016. The largest increase was on the Western African route, the … Read more
EU Frontex
New Publication Mode for the EU Official Journal 
29 December 2023
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
Until 30 September 2023, the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) was published daily and contained several documents that were published together on the respective day. On 1 October 2023, the OJ switched to a new act-by-act publication mode: each act is now … Read more
EU Legislation Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
First Statements on Commission's Anti-corruption Proposal 
28 December 2023 (updated 2 years, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2023
In the last couple of months and weeks, the Commission proposal for a directive to combat corruption (presented in May 2023), saw several statements by European institutions and national parliaments. Although many statements welcome the objective, they have criticised the text in many respects. Read more
EU Corruption
Report on EU IPR Enforcement in 2022 
27 December 2023 (updated 1 year, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
On 27 November 2023, The European Commission (DG TAXUD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) released their annual report on the EU enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). The report presents the efforts made and work carried out by all authorities in the … Read more
EU Counterfeiting & Piracy
EU Commits on International Anti-Corruption Day 
21 December 2023 (updated 2 years, 7 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 4/2023
On the eve of the International Anti-Corruption Day, the European Commission affirmed the EU's commitment to fight corruption in particular also at the global level. Read more
EU Corruption