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On 20 August 2019, Margarita Šniutytė-Daugėlienė took up her position as National Member for Lithuania at Eurojust. Before joining Eurojust, Ms Šniutytė-Daugėlienė served as Deputy Prosecutor General of Lithuania and Chief Public Prosecutor of the 2nd Criminal Prosecution Division at the Regional Prosecutor’s Office …

On 7 October 2019, Eurojust and the Kingdom of Denmark signed an agreement to continue their criminal justice cooperation. In light of the new Eurojust Regulation entering into force in December 2019, the agreement was needed to be able to continue judicial cooperation with …

Eurojust published a revised version of its guidelines for deciding on competing European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) of 2004. The new guidelines enlarge the scope of the original guidelines, including scenarios for both the situation of multiple EAWs and the situation of conflicts between an EAW …

At its meeting on 7-8 October 2019, the JHA Council adopted Conclusions on Eurojust, underlining the unique and vital role of Eurojust in the coordination of serious cross-border investigations and prosecution between national investigating and prosecuting authorities.The Conclusions put emphasis on Eurojust’s …

On 12 November 2019, Eurojust and the Republic of Serbia signed a cooperation agreement allowing for the sharing of personal data and creating the possibility to appoint a Serbian Liaison Prosecutor to Eurojust.One of the requirements for the cooperation agreement was new Serbian …

From 5 to 8 September 2019, Joint Action Day (JAD) Western Balkans 2019 was carried out. 6708 officers on the ground, 50 officers in the Operational Centre at Europol’s headquarters, and eight agencies and international organisations teamed up to tackle firearms trafficking, illegal immigration, document …

In September 2019, Europol published a brochure offering statistics and updates of Europol’s year 2018. In 2018, Europol supported 1748 operations, the majority related to terrorism, cybercrime, and drug trafficking. 8266 operational reports were generated, mainly in the area of serious and organised crime. …

On 19 September 2019, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Stronger cooperation with the European financial services sector aims to strengthen the law enforcement response to financially motivated cybercriminals …

Europol has launched a new video series explaining law enforcement in 120 seconds. In a series of five clips, the videos illustrate how drugs are produced, trafficked, and distributed by serious and organised criminal organisations, what the negative consequences are for society, and the …

On 23 October 2019, Europol has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Palo Alto Networks, an American multinational cybersecurity company. The MoU enables the exchange of threat intelligence data and details of cybercrime trends as well as technical expertise and best practices, focusing …