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The Second Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention) was opened for signature on 12 May 2022. It includes the possibility for direct cooperation of authorities with providers based in another State Party in order to receive domain registration and subscriber data. The EU Council gave green light for Member States to sign the protocol at the ceremony of 12 May.

On 28 June 2022, negotiators of the European Parliament (EP) and the Council reached a political agreement on the core elements of the e-evidence package. The EP side was able to push through major safeguards for fundamental rights and data protection.

On 30 June 2022, the EU and New Zealand signed an agreement on the exchange of personal data between Europol and New Zealand to better fight crime and terrorism. The agreement aims to promote law enforcement cooperation while ensuring strong protection of fundamental rights, such …

On 28 June 2022, the Commission published an evaluation of the Victims’ Rights Directive (Directive 2012/29/EU). This will feed into a proposal for a revision of the Directive, which is expected next year. According to Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, there is a …

In a resolution adopted on 23 June 2022 on illegal logging in the EU, MEPs emphasises, among other things, that the establishment of a "green prosecutor" could help to combat environmental crimes, such as illegal logging. This could be achieved by broadening the mandate …

On 15 July 2022, the European Commission informed the public that it proceeded with infringement proceedings against 15 EU Member States for not having transposed the Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (the “EU Whistleblower’s Directive”). The deadline for transposition ended in December 2021.

On 13 July 2022, the European Commission published two Eurobarometer surveys showing the public’s opinion on corruption in the EU. The surveys are important sources of information for the European Commission to further develop EU legislation and actions against corruption.

According to MEPs, the final international agreement between the EU and Interpol must take robust measures to guarantee compliance with the principles relating to the processing of personal data, as set out in the EU data protection acquis, and the accuracy of personal data received in the context of this cooperation.

A report by the Wise Persons Group on Challenges Facing the Customs Union identified major problems for customs administration and makes ten recommendations on the future shape of the EU Customs Union.

On 7 April 2022, the CJEU decided on the compatibility of the Dutch procedure to impose fines in respect of a criminal offence with Framework Decision (FD) 2005/214 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to financial penalties.