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This news item provides an overview of the recent personnel changes and elections at the General Court of the European Union.

A new Council recommendation sets out a series of standards for operational cooperation between police officers operating in another Member State or participating in joint operations, e.g., cross-border hot pursuits and surveillance, and patrols.

On 13 July 2022, Europol published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2022. The report gives an overview of terrorism in Europe in 2021, analyses the situation regarding Jihadist, right-wing/left-wing and anarchist terrorism as well as ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorism, and provides for an outlook on potential developments.

At the beginning of July 2022, Frontex published an international version of its Handbook on Firearms for Border Guards and Customs Officers. The handbook contains the latest information on firearms, their parts and ammunition, associated documentation, and the phenomenon of firearm trafficking itself. It also …

At the end of June 2022, Frontex's Fundamental Rights Officer released the Annual Report for the year 2021. The report provides an overview of the activities carried out by the Fundamental Rights Office in the last year; it also includes the Fundamental Rights Monitors.

On 17 July 2022, Frontex and the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger (EUCAP Sahel Niger) signed a Working Arrangement to increase their cooperation regarding migration and broader security, including the fight against criminal networks. It will also promote integrated border management standards and improve awareness and risk analysis.

On 23 May 2022 (the EU Day against Impunity), the Genocide Network Secretariat published a report on the main developments in the fight against impunity for core international crimes in the EU over the past 20 years. A factsheet that outlines the key factors for successful investigations and prosecutions of core international crimes has also been published.

At the end of March 2022, the Budget Control Committee of the European Parliament postponed the decision on the 2020 accounts of Frontex. Reasons given were the alleged failure to fulfil the conditions set out in the European Parliament’s previous discharge report (→ news of …

On 27 June 2022, Europol published a new report assessing the environmental crime threats targeting the EU.In three main chapters, the report looks at the criminal networks involved in environmental crimes, the main typologies of environmental crimes investigated in the EU, and the impact …

On 14 June 2022, the newly created focus group of specialised prosecutors against trafficking in human beings (THB) met for the first time. The group was created to intensify judicial cooperation and build expertise in the fight against THB. Its creation was proposed by the …