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On 8 April 2021, Europol published a warning concerning scams with emails and messages on social media using the name of Europol’s Executive Director, Catherine de Bolle. Europol emphasized that such correspondence is fake, especially given that its Executive Director would never directly contact …

On 29 April 2021, Europol released information about the results of Operation “30 Days At Sea 3.0” ‒ a joint effort against marine pollution. The operation was conducted in March 2021 with 300 agencies across 67 countries all over the world and with the support …

On 12 April 2021, Europol published its Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA) for the year 2021. According to the SOCTA 2021, serious and organised crime remains a key threat to the internal security of the EU, affecting and undermining all levels of society …

At the beginning of April 2021, a large-scale operation against massive fraud with fuel taxes resulted in the arrests of 23 suspects and in the seizure of assets worth €600 million. Investigations conducted by Italian authorities in cooperation with authorities from Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Malta, …

In April 2021, Eurojust launched a new scheme for JIT funding that is applicable to urgent and/or unforeseen cross-border operational activities by Joint Investigation Teams (JITs). This funding scheme is being offered in addition to existing funding through annual calls for proposals. The “Funding without …

On 19 April 2021, Eurojust published its Report on Drug Trafficking, reviewing experiences and identifying challenges in judicial cooperation. The report is based on an analysis of 1838 drug trafficking cases that Eurojust was involved in during the period 2017-2020. Drug trafficking remains a …

At the beginning of May 2021, Ms. Daniela Buruiana was reappointed as National Member for Romania at Eurojust. Ms. Buruiana served as Senior Prosecutor at the Romanian Prosecution Service before joining Eurojust in 2014. During her first term of office, she chaired Eurojust’s Cybercrime …

In April 2021, the European Commission agreed to continue to fund the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA II) with a €1.55 million project. The decision was taken to further support the Western Balkans in the prevention and countering of all forms of radicalisation. The project will …

On 21 April 2021, government representatives from the EU Member States reappointed Mr. Eugene Regan (Ireland) as Judge of the Court of Justice and Mr. Athanasios Rantos (Greece) as Advocate-General of the Court of Justice. Mr. Dimitrios Gratsias (Greece) has also been appointed as Judge …

On 11 March 2021, the EDPS published its Opinion 5/2021 on the Proposal of 16 December 2020 for a Directive on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148 (→ eucrim 4/2020, 282). The current EU Network …