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In a statement of 31 October 2023, 15 civil rights organisations from across Europe raised concerns over the United Kingdom's participation in the EU's Prüm II scheme. Prüm II is designed to expand the types of data that can be searched and exchanged by …

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.

On 21 November 2023, the EPPO and the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina (POBiH) signed a working arrangement (WA). The purpose of the WA is to facilitate judicial cooperation in criminal matters and exchange of operational information between the parties. It also lays down …

On 26 October 2023, the EPPO and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of France (Tracfin) signed a working arrangement (WA). The WA establishes a structured and organisational framework for the cooperation between the two bodies. In particular, the WA aims to facilitate the exchange of …

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.

This news item provides an overview of EPPO's main operational activities from 1 October to 15 November 2023. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues (→ eucrim 2/2023, 124-128) and is in reverse chronological order.15 November 2023: Within the framework of …

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.

On 12 October 2023, the ECJ delivered a judgment in which it clarified the methods to asses the requirement of "same facts" under the principle ne bis in idem enshrined in Art. 54 CISA and Art. 50 CFR.

On 31 October 2023, the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) declared a provision void that allowed the reopening of criminal proceedings if new evidence comes to light with regard to very severe offences. The legal basis - Section 362 no. 5 of the German Criminal Procedure Code is incompatible with the German Constitution's double jeopardy rule.

On 9 November 2023, the ECJ decided that Union law obliges a criminal court to inform the accused person of a new envisaged legal classification of the criminal act in due time (Case C-175/22, BK). Bulgarian criminal procedure law as interpreted by the Bulgarian courts conflicts with this principle.