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At the end of November 2023, the EP adopted its negotiating position on the new EU law on the prevention and combat of child sexual abuse online. The EP advocates a better balance between the need to fight child sexual abuse online and to avoid generalised monitoring of the internet. In addition, end-to-end encrypted material should be excluded from detection.

The EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes was updated on 17 October 2023. Three jurisdictions were added to the blacklist (Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Seychelles), two were moved to the "grey list" (British Virgin Islands and Costa Rica), and one country (Marshall …

On 24 October 2023, the Commission released the 2023 report on the VAT gap in the EU. The VAT gap refers to the difference between expected value-added tax (VAT) revenue and the actual amount collected. As VAT is an important contributor to both EU …

On 22 October 2023, the EU Tax Observatory published a report on tax evasion, which deals with the effects of far-reaching initiatives to reduce international tax evasion. Prepared by the staff of the EU Tax Observatory, a research laboratory dedicated to international tax …

As part of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA), designated Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines have published their first transparency reports.

This news item continues the reporting on key EU reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 in view of the impact on the EU's internal security policy, criminal law, and the protection of the EU’s financial interests. The overview covers the period from beginning of July 2023 to the end of September 2023. It connects to previous overviews, which were published in the eucrim issues of 2022 and 1/2023.

In May and August 2023, the Commission updated the EU list of high-risk third countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regimes. Currently, 132 jurisdictions worldwide are subject to review and assessments by the EU institutions since their AML/CFT standard is low.

On 5 July 2023, the Commission published its 4th Rule of Law Report. The Rule of Law Report includes 27 country chapters and examines developments – both positive and negative – across all EU Member States in four key areas for the rule of law.

On 8 June 2023, the Commission published the 2023 EU Justice Scoreboard, which provides an overview on the effective functioning of the Member States' judicial systems. This edition included new data on efficiency in the fight against corruption.

On 11 July 2023, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published findings from the review it conducted in 2022 on how competent authorities are addressing money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks in the banking sector. The EBA regularly conducts these reviews on the basis of …