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Commission Launches Action against Italy for Non-Compliance with Prüm Legislation 
30 July 2021
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 15 July 2021, the European Commission referred Italy to the CJEU for the country’s failure to comply with the requirements for the exchange of information on terrorism and serious crime cases in accordance with Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA – the so-called “Prüm Decisions”. … Read more
EU Police Cooperation
EPPO Concluded Working Arrangement with European Commission 
29 July 2021
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Commission signed a working agreement. The agreement implements Art. 103(1) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, which provides that the EPPO shall establish and maintain a cooperative relationship with the European Commission for the purpose of … Read more
EU Commission OLAF Protection of Financial Interests
Operation OPSON X: Over 15.000 Tonnes of Illegal Food and Beverages Taken off the Market 
29 July 2021 (updated 3 years, 10 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2021
On 22 July 2021, Europol, Interpol and OLAF reported on the successes of operation “OPSON X”. This operation, which is carried out each year, targets trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverage. For operations in previous years →eucrim 2/2020, 80 and eucrim … Read more
EU OLAF Europol Counterfeiting & Piracy
OLAF-Assisted Operation Dismantles Organisation Smuggling Refrigerant Gases 
29 July 2021 (updated 4 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2021
Within the framework of the biggest operation against trafficking of refrigerant gases (Operation Verbena), Spanish authorities were able to dismantle a criminal organisation that illicitly traded and smuggled the gases. The business is lucrative since the import of refrigerant gases (also called F-gases … Read more
EU OLAF Environmental Crime
Joint Action Day “Arktos 3” 
29 July 2021 (updated 5 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
During the Joint Action Day “Arktos 3” carried out in June 2021, law enforcement authorities in seven EU Member States succeeded in seizing more than 6.7 million cigarettes, and 2.6 tonnes of raw tobacco, along with half a tonne of illegal drugs. 15 smugglers were … Read more
EU OLAF Europol Eurojust Frontex Tax Evasion
OLAF Helps Knock Down Rum Smugglers 
29 July 2021 (updated 5 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
With the support of OLAF, law enforcement authorities in Spain, the Netherlands, Honduras, and Guatemala succeeded in stopping the activities of a criminal group that smuggled fake rum from Central America via the Netherlands to Spain. OLAF reported on 6 July 2021 that the network … Read more
EU OLAF Tax Evasion
OLAF Supported Strike against Illegal Cigarette Production 
29 July 2021 (updated 5 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 22 July 2021, OLAF reported on a successful strike against a criminal network that illegally produced and sold cigarettes. The operation dubbed “Alecrín” mainly involved Spanish and Portuguese law enforcement authorities and already started in 2019. Targeted enforcement activities were carried out between May … Read more
EU OLAF Tax Evasion
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Criminal Proceedings in the EU – the need for more procedural rights?  Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12.00-14.00 CEST, Zoom, organised by the Academy of European Law (ERA)
27 July 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
A webinar discussed the possible need for further procedural rights in the EU. Two distinguished defence lawyers active in the ECBA guided participants through the ideas on the future development and assessment of procedural rights in criminal proceedings. Participants mainly discussed the future EU path in the areas of pre-trial detention and the EAW, minimum standards in trials, and admissibility/exclusion of evidence. The debate contributed to the Conference on the Future of Europe. Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice European Arrest Warrant Ne bis in idem Procedural Safeguards
Study Assesses Europol Reform Proposal 
15 July 2021 (updated 5 years, 2 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In a study for the EP’s LIBE Committee, Niovi Vavoula and Valsamis Mitsilegas from Queen Mary University of London assessed the Commission’s proposal on strengthening Europol’s mandate (→ eucrim 4/2020, 279). The study (published in May 2021) provides the EP with background information … Read more
EU Europol Law Enforcement Cooperation
Tech Foresight on Biometrics 
10 July 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 14 and 15 April 2021, the first Technology Foresight Workshop on Scenario Analysis was held to explore, analyse, and discuss four socio-techno-economic scenarios for the year 2040 and their possible implications on the development of biometric technologies. The four different future scenarios consisted of … Read more
EU Frontex
Action against Frontex Brought before the CJEU 
10 July 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 25 May 2021, three NGOs (front-Lex, the Progress Lawyers Network, and Helsinki Monitor) submitted an action against Frontex to the CJEU (General Court). On behalf of two asylum seekers, the NGOs are accusing Frontex of complicity in human rights violations allegedly taking place at … Read more
EU Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Frontex
ECA Report on Frontex 
10 July 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 7 June 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a special report analysing Frontex’s support to external border management. For the first time, the audit assessed whether Frontex carried out four out of its six primary activities effectively to implement European integrated border … Read more
EU Frontex
New Frontex Operation in Serbia 
10 July 2021
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M.
On 16 June 2021, Frontex launched a new operation in Serbia. 44 standing corps officers from 14 countries helped detect criminal activities:Trafficking in human beings;Document fraud;Smuggling of stolen vehicles, illegal drugs, weapons, and excise goods;Potential terrorist threats.“Joint Operation Serbia ‒ … Read more
EU Frontex
European Parliament Discussion on New Europol Regulation 
10 July 2021 (updated 4 years, 5 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2021
Following the Commission’s Proposal of 9 December 2020 for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 (→ eucrim 4/2020, 279), European Parliament rapporteur Javier Zarzalejos (ES, EPP) published a draft report setting out a possible EP position on the Commission proposal on 10 May 2021. … Read more
EU Europol
Trojan-Encrypted Device Reveals Criminal Activities 
10 July 2021 (updated 3 years, 10 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 2/2021
As a result of one of the largest operations against encrypted criminal activities at the beginning of June 2021, 800 suspects were arrested and over $48 million in various worldwide currencies and cryptocurrencies seized. Operation “TF Greenlight/Trojan Shield” was conducted by the US Federal … Read more
EU Europol Corruption Organised Crime Law Enforcement Cooperation
Europol TE-SAT 2021 
10 July 2021 (updated 4 years, 2 months ago)
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. in Issue 2/2021
On 22 June 2021, Europol published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2021, which gives an overview of terrorist attacks and terrorism-related arrests in the EU in 2020. For the TE-SAT reports for previous years, → eucrim 2/2020, 95; eucrim 2/2019, … Read more
EU Europol Terrorism