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On 2 March 2022, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) handed down the first supreme court decision in the EncroChat cases in Germany. The Court confirmed the use of evidence which was acquired by German law enforcement authorities from French counterparts. By secret interception measures, French authorities succeeded in 2020 in dismantling a supplier that offered encrypted mobile devices that were allegedly used by criminals.

On 24 March 2022, the EPPO published its first annual report, which gives account of the office’s operational activities from 1 June to 31 December 2021. The report provides an overview of and statistical data on the operational activities of the central office in Luxembourg and all 22 participating Member States.

On 24 March 2022, OLAF and Europol reported on the results of the second edition of operation “LUDUS”. For the first edition → eucrim 1/2021, 13. The operation targets the trafficking of fake toys and other goods. The operation was led by Spanish law …

On 23 February 2022, Eurojust reported on the results of a joint investigation team that involved Romanian and Italian prosecutors and OLAF. The investigations dismantled an organised crime group which defrauded the EU of at least €800,000 in the sector of agricultural funds. The case …

The Russian invasion of Ukraine that started on 24 February 2022 has also several repercussion on the justice and home affairs policy of the EU. An extraordinary meeting of the Justice and Home Affairs Council took place on 27 February 2022 at which ministers decided …

This news item continues the overview of recent rule-of-law developments in Poland (as far as they relate to European law) since the last update in eucrim 4/2021, 200-201.

The provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) do not in principle prevent the tax administration from requiring a service provider on the internet to provide it with information on taxpayers, the CJEU ruled on 24 February 2022 in Case C-175/20. However, such …

On 1 March 2022, the Commission published its first annual report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The RRF is providing up to €723.8 billion (in current prices) of grants and loans to Member States to support transformative investments and reforms that boost …

The Council adopted a declaration on Interpol’s red notices. It welcomes the progress made by Interpol in setting up internal mechanisms to assess possible violations of Interpol’s constitution. Interpol is invited to a regular dialogue and continue efforts to prevent red notices from abuse.

On 18 March 2022, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi and Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova signed a working arrangement. Kövesi conveyed the support of the EPPO College to the Ukrainian colleagues, praising the strength and courage of Ukraine especially in the times of …