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GRECO: Ad hoc Report on Slovakia
At the end of August 2025, GRECO published an ad hoc report on recent changes to criminal law and institutional reforms in the Slovak Republic launched in 2024. The report - based on Rule 34 of GRECO's Rules of Procedure (→eucrim 1/2020, 32)- … Read more
Thomas Wahl
Council of Europe
Rule of Law
Corruption
Agreement on New Europol Mandate to Combat Migrant Smuggling and THB
On 25 September 2025, the Danish Council Presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on legislation to strengthen Europol’s mandate with regard to preventing, detecting, and investigating migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings (THB). Read more
Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
EU
Europol
Organised Crime
Trafficking in Human Beings
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Overview of the Latest Developments on the DMA: May – Mid-October 2025
This overview informs about the latest developments on the Digital Markets Act (DMA) that aims to ensure contestable and fair markets in the digital sector in the EU. Read more
Dr. Anna Pingen
EU
Digital Space Regulation
General Court Orders Compensation for Damage Caused by OLAF Press Release
On 1 October 2025, the General Court ruled in favour of a Greek academic researcher who claimed that she was entitled to compensation for the damage she allegedly suffered following the publication, on 5 May 2020, of a press release from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in that it unlawfully processed her personal data and conveyed false information about her. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
OLAF
Data Protection
Europol and Jordan Sign Working Arrangement
On 10 July 2025, Europol and the Public Security Directorate (PSD) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed a Working Arrangement to support EU Member States and Jordan in preventing and combating serious and organised crime and terrorism. The arrangement establishes a structured legal framework … Read more
EU
Europol
Law Enforcement Cooperation
New GRECO Paper: Effective System for Accessing Official Information Is Essential for Combatting Corruption
On occasion of the International Day for universal access to information on 28 September 2025, GRECO published a thematic paper on the right to access to information. GRECO stressed that access to official information and documents is a fundamental tool that helps prevent corruption … Read more
Council of Europe
Corruption
Spotlight Third Additional Protocol to 1959 MLA Convention
At the Minister of Justice Conference, held in Valletta, Malta, on 19 September 2025, the Council of Europe opened for signature a new additional protocol to the 1959 Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters. The briefly dubbed "Valletta Protocol" aims to reinforce the ability of CoE member states, as well as partner states, to adequately respond to crime. Read more
Council of Europe
Judicial Cooperation
Justice Ministers from CoE Member States Commit to Improving Cooperation in Cross-Border Crime
At a meeting held in Valletta, Malta, on 19 September 2025, the justice ministers from the Council of Europe member states adopted a declaration designed to foster cooperation in the fight against transnational crime. Read more
Council of Europe
Organised Crime
Judicial Cooperation
General Court Confirms Adequacy of U.S. Data Protection
On 3 September 2025, the General Court (GC) dismissed an action seeking annulment of the Commission’s adequacy decision of 10 July 2023 (Decision EU 2023/1795), namely that the United States of America ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the EU under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Data Protection
Spotlight ECJ Clarifies Principle Lex Posterior Mitius
In its judgment in BAJI Trans of 1 August 2025, the ECJ provided important clarifications on the scope and application of the principle that the more lenient law should apply in criminal cases. This so-called principle lex posterior mitius is enshrined in the last sentence of Art. 49(1) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. Read more
EU
Fundamental Rights
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU)
Europol and Ecuador Enhance Cooperation
On 24 September 2025, the EU and Ecuador paved the way for further cooperation. The new agreement builds on the 2023 working agreement establishing cooperative relations with the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Ecuador. The previous agreement did not allow for the … Read more
EU
Europol
Law Enforcement Cooperation
Police Cooperation
Largest Container Seizure in the EU
An investigation led by the EPPO in Athens, Greece resulted in the largest container seizure in the EU to date. A total of 2435 shipping containers, primarily containing e-bikes, textiles, and footwear, were seized at the Port of Piraeus. The goods, which are estimated to … Read more
EU
European Public Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
Organised Crime
Tax Evasion
German Federal Bar Criticised Planned Implementation of Sanctions Directive and e-Evidence Package
The German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer, BRAK) - the umbrella organisation of the 28 German regional Bars - criticised the German government's plans to implement two important EU laws in the field of criminal law and cooperation.Looking at the draft bill for the … Read more
EU
Ukraine conflict
Legislation
e-Evidence
MEPs Debate Links between Rule of Law Report and EU Funding
On occasion of the presentation of the 2025 Rule of Law Report (→ eucrim 2/2025, 107-108) on 23 September 2025, MEPs from the LIBE Committee and the EU Commissioner for Justice Michael McGrath discussed ways to strengthen the conditionality in the next multiannual financial … Read more
EU
Rule of Law
Protection of Financial Interests
FRA Report on Being Intersex in the EU
On 17 September 2025, the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) published a new report examining the discrimination, harassment, violence, and non-consensual medical interventions experienced by intersex persons in 30 European countries. The report found distinct results and trends compared with the previous survey conducted in 2019. Read more
EU
Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)
Spotlight ECJ: EU Member State Cannot Enforce Prison Sentence without Consent of Sentencing State
On 4 September 2025, the Grand Chamber of the ECJ decided that an EU Member State cannot enforce a custodial sentence imposed in another Member State itself without the consent of that State. The sentencing State may maintain the EAW and seek to have the person concerned back for enforcement of the prison sentence on its own territory. Read more
EU
European Arrest Warrant
Taking Account of Convictions
Transfer of Sentenced Persons