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In a special report released on 15 December 2025, the ECA concluded that cooperation between the EPPO and OLAF is affected by inefficient information exchange and the European Commission's oversight of repayments to the EU budget is insufficient.

This news item summarises the report of the High-Level Forum on the Future of EU Criminal Justice. The forum, which brought together officials from the EU Member States, the EU institutions and JHA bodies as well as respresenatives from academia, legal practice and civil society, discussed how a vision of European criminal law can be shaped. The report synthesises the key insights raised during the four plenary meetings held in 2025.

On 10 December 2025, delegations from EU Member States and partner countries, as well as international organisations approved a Joint Declaration reaffirming their commitment to strengthen international cooperation against migrant smuggling. The Declaration sets out joint ways to tackle illegal migration and THB alongside three main pillars.

In the framework of EMPACT, the EU strengthened law enforcement activities against sanctions evasion. Europol launched a new team within its European Financial and Economic Crime Centre to target the circumvention of sanctions following Russia's war against Ukraine. First successful results were achieved by a joint action against illicit vehicle exports to Russia.

In a consultancy paper for the Dutch government, the Dutch non-governmental organisation Privacy First called for robust safeguards to be implemented alongside the new EU's anti-money laundering legislation.

The Danish Council Presidency compiled a report that summarises the actions taken in view of the 2023 EU Roadmap to fight drug trafficking and organised crime. The rolling out of the roadmap came to an end in December 2025.

At the end of November, the Council adopted its position on the evaluation and review of Directive 2016/680 on data protection in the law enforcement area (commonly known as "LED"). The Council's document shares observations from the EU Member States in the application of the …

The JHA Council approved model provisions that include standard language for rules in legislative acts harmonising crimes at the EU level.

On 27 November 2025, Statewatch published the outcome of a research project that has examined how global counter-terrorism and security networks threaten civic space and human rights.

This news item summarises the proceedings in the Nord Stream extradition case complex where courts in Italy and Poland took different surrender decisions in summer/autumn 2025. The cases sparked a legal debate on fundamental issues of the EU's extradition scheme under the Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant.