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The article explores the transposition of Framework Decision 2008/913/JHA on combating racism and xenophobia into the Greek legal order and situates this process within the broader development of European criminal law as a hybrid and evolving field.

The article examines the UK Bribery Act 2010 as a major reform of corporate criminal law, replacing fragmented anti-corruption legislation with a comprehensive and far-reaching framework.

This article focuses on the different implementation solutions of mutual recognition framework decisions, based on a study of the first four framework decisions and their implementation in the Nordic Member States. The Lisbon Treaty changed the environment of EU criminal law and explicitly mentions mutual …

Dear Readers, In 1997, a group of researchers called upon by the European Commission presented guidelines for the improvement of the criminal law protection of the financial interests of the European Union. In addition to proposals for substantive-legal models, the draft − which was published in its final version as “Corpus Juris” in 2000 − contained a proposal for the establishment of an independent and decentrally organised European Public Prosecutor. As a member of the above-mentioned research group, I was glad to witness the shift from initial scepticism and widespread criticism of this bold and progressive idea by representatives of…

This article examines the judicial cooperation between Europe and Morocco in combatting organised crime and terrorism. Despite Morocco’s strategic role and its expertise in anti-drug and counter-terrorism efforts, there is currently no specific formal legal framework on the part of the European Union that governs …

Dear Readers, According to the Japanese scholar and art historian Kakuzō Okakura, “The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.” This call for gradual and prudent reform can serve as a guiding principle for judicial cooperation and is particularly well-suited to the role that our agency, Eurojust, plays. The current system of judicial cooperation and mutual recognition, and Eurojust, are, in the meantime, the grown-up children of the 1999 Tampere Programme. Decades of experience show that, in principle, they are working well. In matters of cooperation, this is illustrated by the experience gathered in our daily…

On 8 April 2025, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered its second judgment interpreting the EPPO Regulation: EPPO v. I.R.O. and F.J.L.R. (Case C-292/23). This is the Court’s first ruling on Art. 42(1) of the Regulation, which addresses the scope …

A corruption case in Croatia (the Beroš case) recently reached the political level, leading to a positive conflict of competence between the Croatian prosecutorial authorities and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The circumstances surrounding the debate bear a striking resemblance to the conflict that …

Arts. 85, 86, and 88 TFUE opened up a rich debate on the construction of the European criminal law area. What role will OLAF play in the future as regards the possibilities offered by these new legal bases? The question may surprise those who are not familiar with OLAF’s activities. Indeed, OLAF carries out administrative, not criminal investigations.1 Its competences do not cover only offences but, in a wider sense, irregularities adversely affecting the financial interests of the EU.2 Above all, Regulation 1073/99 explicitly states that OLAF’s investigations shall not affect the powers of Member States to initiate criminal proceedings.3…

I. Introduction The idea of a centralised supranational public prosecutor originates from a revolutionary dream of experts envisaged in the renowned Corpus Juris1 project (1997) and its follow-up study2 (2000). The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) provided the legal basis for a possible establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO),3 and the concept since then has gained further support inter alia through the Action Plan of the Stockholm programme and the recently conducted EPPO Study.4 The synergies and effects of academic research and political realism over little more than a decade are readily apparent. The…