On 15 May 2025, Eurojust published its Annual Report for the year 2024. It has been published both as a pdf version for download and as an online version. 2024 was marked by Eurojust’s enhanced role in international cooperation and the global fight against crime. In addition to its existing network - which covers 70 jurisdictions worldwide and includes three international organisations, 13 cooperation and nine working arrangements with third countries as well as 12 liaison prosecutors -, the Agency was able to further expand its international liaisons in 2024 as follows:

• Further steps towards Latin American partnerships through the signing of six Working Arrangements with the Prosecution Services of Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama and Peru;
• The signing of a Working Arrangement with the Prosecutor’s Office and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia;
• The start of work by the first Liaison Prosecutor for Iceland at Eurojust;
• The addition of the United Arab Emirates as a new member of Eurojust’s Contact Point network, while Mongolia and Nigeria reappointed their Contact Points;
• Participation in the first Summit of Heads of Prosecution Services of G20 countries;
• Adoption of the Eurojust Strategy on Cooperation with International Partners 2024–2027, outlining the steps that the Agency intends to take in the coming years to strengthen its role as a gateway for cross-border cooperation between authorities investigating and prosecuting serious crime within and beyond the EU.

Looking at the key numbers for Eurojust’s work to support judicial authorities in 2024, the Annual Report identified the following:

• Eurojust provided support to 12,972 ongoing investigations, of which 5363 were newly registered;
• Eurojust contributed to the arrest of more than 1200 suspects, the seizure and/or freezing of criminal assets worth almost €1.3 billion, and the seizure of drugs worth almost €19,6 billion;
• Eurojust hosted a record number of coordination meetings, 640 compared to 577 in 2023 (for the 2023 annual report →eucrim 2/2024, 104-105);
• Eurojust supported 361 Joint Investigation Teams (JITs), which represents a 25% increase over the 288 JITs supported in 2023;
• Eurojust provided assistance in 3738 mutual legal assistance cases;
• Eurojust provided operational guidance on the application of EU judicial cooperation instruments, particularly with regard to the European Arrest Warrant (971 cases) and the European Investigation Order (6290 cases);
• As in previous years, the majority of new cases concerned swindling and fraud (1791), drug trafficking (870), and money laundering (721);
• The European Judicial Organised Crime Network (EJOCN) was launched and is being hosted by Eurojust (→eucrim 2/2024, 105);
• Eurojust also actively cooperated with players in the EU criminal justice area, such as Europol, OLAF, EPPO, eu-LISA, FRA, EUIPO, and the ICC.

Lastly, the Annual Report gives an overview of Eurojust’s key cases, publications, and major events in the year 2024.