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In August 2023, the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Denmark, Peter Hummelgaard, signed a working arrangement on the cooperation between the EPPO and the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Denmark. The …

This news item summarises OLAF’s operational work from June to September 2023 in chronological order. It follows the overview in eucrim 1/2023, 16-17.15 June 2023: OLAF informs of the results of operation LUDUS III, which was led by Europol and targeted fake …

On 6 June 2023, OLAF presented its annual report covering the period of 1 January-31 December 2022. The report confirms trends that have been observed over previous years. Russia's aggression against Ukraine also affected OLAF's work. OLAF provided assistance to Ukrainian authorities to better protect EU funding for the country against fraud and corruption.

OLAF further strengthened its cooperation with the World Bank. On 13 June 2023, OLAF Director-General Ville Itälä and GIA Vice President and Auditor General Anke D’Angelo signed an administrative cooperation arrangement in Brussels. GIA – the Group Internal Audit Vice Presidency of the World …

On 5 June 2023, OLAF signed an agreement which enables the Office to get direct access to legal and financial information held by clerks in France. The cooperation agreement was concluded with the French National Council of Commercial Court Clerks (Conseil National des Greffiers …

On 6 September 2023, the Commission addressed recommendations to the Council for opening negotiations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway on concluding agreements on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data. Switzerland, Iceland and Norway are non-EU Member States but Contracting Parties to the Schengen …

There are first reactions to the Commission's proposal of April 2023 for a regulation on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters (→ eucrim 1/2023, 40). In a statement of 12 June 2023, the German Bar Association welcomes the draft regulation in principle. …

On 10 March 2023, the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (Germany) declared extradition of a person from Germany to the UK as “currently inadmissible” due to the lack of guarantees for the person’s protection of fundamental rights.

This news item provides an overview of EPPO’s main operational activities from 1 May to 30 September 2023. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues (for the previous overview → eucrim 1/2023, 19-22). The overview is in reverse chronological order.

This news item provides an overview of court verdicts in EPPO cases in the various participating EU Member States, as far as reported by the EPPO. It covers the period from 1 May to 31 July 2023 and continues the overview in → eucrim 1/2023, 19.