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On 28 June 2022, Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė, National Member for Lithuania, was elected Vice-President of the College of Eurojust. Prior to joining Eurojust as National Member for Lithuania in 2019, Ms Šniutytė-Daugėlienė had served as Chief Public Prosecutor of the 2nd Criminal Prosecution Division at …

At the beginning of April 2022, Operation TOURNIQUET resulted in the successful take-down of the illegal marketplace ‘RaidForums’, one of the world’s biggest hacker forums selling access to high-profile database leaks. These leaks mainly belonged to several US corporations and contained information for millions of …

Ms. Catherine De Bolle has been appointed for a second term as Executive Director of Europol. The Executive Director of Europol is appointed for a four-year period, extendable once. Ms. De Bolle’s first term started in May 2018 (→ news of 20 October 2018) …

On 11 April 2022, Europol together with EU Member States, Eurojust and Frontex launched Operation Oskar, an umbrella operation comprising several investigations in relation to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Operation Oskar supports the freezing of criminal assets owned by individuals and entities that …

On 28 April 2022, the EDPS launched a pilot phase of two social media platforms named EU Voice and EU Video.While EU Voice is offering an official ActivityPub microblogging platform, EU Video is offering an official ActivityPub video platform of the EU institutions, bodies …

On 17 March 2022, the European Union and the Republic of Moldova signed a Status Agreement regarding operational activities carried out by Frontex. The agreement lays down the basis for increased deployment of Frontex teams in Moldova. On 21 March 2022, Frontex and the Moldavian …

On 25 March 2022, Frontex and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) signed a working arrangement to establish a framework for closer cooperation between the two agencies.Under the arrangement, the agencies will exchange operational experience. Furthermore, they may conduct joint capacity building and …

On 1 April 2022, Frontex and Interpol launched a new system to detect document fraud. The Frontex-INTERPOL Electronic Library Document System (FIELDS) is designed to display original and genuine documents and the main forgeries detected on that type of document. The information on travel …

At the beginning of April 2022, for the first time, Frontex started supporting Member States in providing reintegration measures to migrants returned to their countries of origin. These measures include a number of services such as support with long-term housing, medical assistance, job counselling, education, …

On 29 April 2022, Frontex Executive Director Fabricio Leggeri resigned following a series of events that included criticism by MEPs accusing the Agency of failing to protect the human rights of asylum seekers, allegations of the Agency’s involvement in illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers, and …