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On 10 February 2021, Dutch tax authorities, in cooperation with law enforcement and judicial authorities from four EU Member States and supported by Eurojust and Europol, smashed an illegal VAT scheme that involved the purchase and sale of Secure Digital (SD) memory cards. By using …

On 18 February 2021, Europol signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). Under the MoU, both agencies will exchange knowledge and expertise to enhance their cooperation in the fight against the illegal production and distribution of doping substances and their …

On 18 February 2021, Polish and German authorities dismantled an international VAT fraud scheme with the support of Europol. The scheme, which concerned the vegetable oil trade, caused the Polish treasury to lose an estimated €17.8 million in tax. Twelve suspects were arrested; it is …

On 1 December 2020, Frontex and the General Secretariat of the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council co-organised the first Euro-Arab Technical Roundtable on Border Management and Security. The round table brought together representatives from 18 EU states and 14 Arab states. Issues discussed at the …

On 1-3 December 2020, Frontex held its second International Conference on Biometrics for Borders (ICBB), focussing on the implementation of the Entry/Exit System (EES) that will start at the EU’s external border in February 2022. The virtual conference brought together experts from border guard …

On 16 November 2020, Eleni Kouzoupi took up her position as National Member for Cyprus at Eurojust. Before joining Eurojust, Ms Kouzoupi served as Counsellor on Justice and Home Affairs matters at the Cypriot Permanent Representation in Brussels. She succeeds Katerina Loizou who held the …

On 17 November 2020, the College of Eurojust elected Boštjan Škrlec as its Vice-President for the next four years. Mr. Škrlec has been National Member for Slovenia at Eurojust since 2017.

At the end of November 2020, José de la Mata Amaya took up position as new National Member for Spain at Eurojust. Before joining Eurojust, Mr de la Mata Amaya served as judge of the Central Investigative Court No 5 of the Spanish National Court. …

On 19 November 2020, the European Commission issued a Recommendation for a Council Decision to authorise the opening of negotiations for Agreements between the EU and ten third States, in order to foster judicial cooperation with Eurojust. The States include Algeria, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, …

On 20 November 2020, the heads of the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Agencies met virtually to exchange ideas on Artificial Intelligence and digital capacity building as well as training tools and innovative learning. As a next step, the JHA agencies agreed to draw …