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In the legislative process surrounding the proposal for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 on Europol, the following is especially expected to change:Rules on Europol’s cooperation with private parties;The processing of personal data by the agency in support of criminal investigations;Its role …

On 7 July 2021, representatives of the governments of the EU Member States appointed two judges and two advocates general to the European Court of Justice. All four terms of office end on 6 October 2027.For the Court of Justice, Ms Küllike Jürimäe …

A webinar discussed the possible need for further procedural rights in the EU. Two distinguished defence lawyers active in the ECBA guided participants through the ideas on the future development and assessment of procedural rights in criminal proceedings. Participants mainly discussed the future EU path in the areas of pre-trial detention and the EAW, minimum standards in trials, and admissibility/exclusion of evidence. The debate contributed to the Conference on the Future of Europe.

On 14 and 15 April 2021, the first Technology Foresight Workshop on Scenario Analysis was held to explore, analyse, and discuss four socio-techno-economic scenarios for the year 2040 and their possible implications on the development of biometric technologies. The four different future scenarios consisted of …

On 25 May 2021, three NGOs (front-Lex, the Progress Lawyers Network, and Helsinki Monitor) submitted an action against Frontex to the CJEU (General Court). On behalf of two asylum seekers, the NGOs are accusing Frontex of complicity in human rights violations allegedly taking place at …

On 7 June 2021, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published a special report analysing Frontex’s support to external border management. For the first time, the audit assessed whether Frontex carried out four out of its six primary activities effectively to implement European integrated border …

On 16 June 2021, Frontex launched a new operation in Serbia. 44 standing corps officers from 14 countries helped detect criminal activities:Trafficking in human beings;Document fraud;Smuggling of stolen vehicles, illegal drugs, weapons, and excise goods;Potential terrorist threats.“Joint Operation Serbia ‒ …

Following the Commission’s Proposal of 9 December 2020 for a Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794 (→ eucrim 4/2020, 279), European Parliament rapporteur Javier Zarzalejos (ES, EPP) published a draft report setting out a possible EP position on the Commission proposal on 10 May 2021. …

As a result of one of the largest operations against encrypted criminal activities at the beginning of June 2021, 800 suspects were arrested and over $48 million in various worldwide currencies and cryptocurrencies seized. Operation “TF Greenlight/Trojan Shield” was conducted by the US Federal …

On 22 June 2021, Europol published its EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) 2021, which gives an overview of terrorist attacks and terrorism-related arrests in the EU in 2020. For the TE-SAT reports for previous years, → eucrim 2/2020, 95; eucrim 2/2019, …