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With 14 cases of fugitive criminals solved, the 2022 campaign of the Europe’s Most Wanted Fugitives website marked its most successful year since 2019. The website, launched in 2016, provides profiles of fugitives and the possibility to send a (anonymous) message to the ENFAST teams …

An operation between 13 countries and Europol led to the takedown of the ransomware HIVE. Over the last several years, the malicious software was used to compromise and encrypt the data and computer systems of large IT and oil multinationals in the EU and …

At the beginning of February 2023, law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland took down a sex trafficking ring in the biggest hit against Chinese human trafficking in Europe ever. The international prostitution ring kept hundreds of Chinese women trapped …

Under the title "Empowering the police, removing protection", the NGO Statewatch published a report which scrutinizes Europol's new role under the amended Europol Regulation which entered into force end of June 2022. The authors underline their concerns over their finding that the agency has garnered greater power while being subject to less independent supervision and scrutiny.

On 22 December 2022, Europol, Eurojust and the EJN published the 2022 edition of the SIRIUS European Union Digital Evidence Situation Report. This report includes the results of SIRIUS’ large-scale research made in 2021 delving into the complexity of cross-border investigations involving electronic evidence.

Supported by Eurojust, authorities in Italy and Albania formed a Joint Investigation Team to take down an online investment fraud scheme involving the use of cryptocurrencies. The Organised Crime Group (OCG) had been operating from a call centre in Tirana. In a first step, victims …

In the second week of December 2022, another 323 standing corps officers graduated from their basic training and are now full-fledged members of the European standing corps. The European Border and Coast Guard standing corps is tasked with helping to make the Schengen Area stronger …

On 29 November 2022, a major VAT fraud scheme worth an estimated €2.2 billion was uncovered by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The bust was supported by Europol and its European Financial and Economic Crime Centre (EFECC) as well as by law enforcement agencies …

References for preliminary rulings lodged from 1 January 2023 onwards to the CJEU will be allocated fictional names that are suggested by a computerised automatic name generator. This ends the anonymisation of cases introduced in 2018 to better protect data of natural persons.

In the context of celebrating its 70th anniversary, the Court of Justice of the European Union bestowed new names to some of its buildings in Luxembourg.