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On 30 June 2026, Eurojust and Iraq signed a Working Arrangement to strengthen and develop their strategic efforts in the fight against serious and organised crime and terrorism. It establishes a framework for cooperation between Eurojust and the competent Iraqi authorities, in particular the National Centre for International Judicial Cooperation (NCIJC).

This news item continues the reporting on key EU/CoE reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022: the impact on the protection of the EU’s financial interests, on the EU’s internal security policy, and on criminal law. The following overview covers the period from March 2026 to mid-June 2026.

On 28 April 2026, high-level representatives from health, law enforcement, customs, and judicial authorities, as well as from international organisations and the private sector adopted conclusions on the MEDICRIME Convention. The Council of Europe's MEDICRIME Convention is the only international criminal law instrument aimed …

In its second country report within the sixth round of mutual evaluations (focusing on the prevention of corruption at the sub-national level), GRECO acknowledged Slovakia a well-established anti-corruption and integrity system. This extends largely at the sub-national level, i.e., Bratislava and the Trenčín Self-Governing Region, which were assessed by GRECO's expert team.

On 10 April 2026, GRECO published its newest report on Estonia. It is the first report of the sixth round of mutual evaluations. While acknowledging several good practices, the report also identified areas in which progress should be made, such as conflict of interest prevention.

In her Opinion of 16 April 2026 in Case C-555/24 P (Medel and Others v Council), Advocate General (AG) Tamara Ćapeta proposed that associations representing judges have standing to bring actions for annulment against the Council’s decision approving justice system milestones concerning Poland under the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

On 21 May 2026, the ECJ delivered its judgment in Case C‑447/24 (Höldermann) concerning the recognition and enforcement of a custodial sentence imposed following a trial at which the sentenced person did not appear in person in the issuing State (in absentia conviction).

On 21 May 2026, the ECJ delivered its judgment in Joined Cases C-684/24 and C-685/24 (Across Fiduciaria and Others), concerning the application of EU anti-money laundering transparency requirements to Italian trust mandates (mandati fiduciari), particularly with regard to the reporting and disclosure of beneficial-ownership information.

On 29 January 2026, the ECJ delivered its judgment in Case C-291/24, Steiermärkische Bank und Sparkassen and Others. It clarified the conditions under which legal persons may be held liable for breaches of the anti-money laundering obligations laid down in Directive (EU) 2015/849 (the 4th Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Directive).

This news item provides an update on relevant rule-of-law developments in Hungary that have implications for Union law, particularly with regard to the protection of the EU's financial interests. The reporting period is from 1 January to mid-August 2026. The period is characterised by the landslide victory of Péter Magyar's Tisza party in the 12 April 2026 parliamentary elections.