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On 17 March 2021, Frontex and Albania signed a renewed working agreement to strengthen their cooperation in border management to better fight cross-border crime and return. Building up on the Status Agreement that was agreed between the EU and Albania in 2019 and that allowed …

On 18 March 2021, Frontex, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) signed a new working arrangement, in order to further enhance their cooperation. The arrangement defines the precise forms of cooperation between the agencies, with the aim …

On 24 March 2021, Frontex published three vacancy notices: recruitment of a Deputy Executive Director for Returns and Operations, a Deputy Executive Director for Standing Corps Management, and a Deputy Executive Director for European Border and Coats Guard Information Management and Processes.

On 26 March 2021, Frontex published its final report on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based capabilities for border and coast guard applications. It presents the main findings of a study commissioned by Frontex in 2019. The report provides a characterisation of the evolving landscape of AI-based capabilities …

During an action day conducted on 2 March 2021, Hungarian authorities were supported by Europol in dismantling an organised criminal group (OCG) suspected of facilitating VAT fraud and money laundering that caused a more than €8.2 million tax loss to the Hungarian state budget.Through …

On 8 March 2021, the EDPS published its Opinion 4/2021 on the Commission’s Proposal of 9 December 2020 for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 (→ eucrim 4/2020, 279). The revision of the current Europol Regulation will mainly include amendments as regards Europol’s cooperation …

During a high-level online meeting of the Europe Latin America Technical Assistance Programme against Transnational Organized Crime (EL PAcCTO) and Eurojust, that was held on 5 March 2021, the partners agreed to expand their cooperation by establishing Contact Points to assist with judicial cross-border cooperation. …

On 15 March 2021, Eurojust and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) signed a Service-Level Agreement to enhance their cooperation in the fight against criminal abuse of intellectual property rights in the field of counterfeiting and online piracy. Under the agreement, Eurojust will receive …

On 23 March 2021, Eurojust published its Annual Report for the year 2020. In 2020, Eurojust continued to be fully operational during the Covid-19 pandemic. The total number of cases supported by the agency increased 13% compared to the previous year, with 8800 cross-border …

At the end of March 2021, the EJN published the final report outlining the outcome of its peer evaluation. The peer evaluation is based on contributions and input from the EJN contact points in the EU Member States, EU candidate countries, and EJN-associated countries. …