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On 24 June 2022, European law enforcement authorities reported on the results of the sixth edition of “Operation Lake”, which was carried out between November 2021 and June 2022. This annual operation targets the smuggling of the protected European glass eel. Europol, OLAF, the …

On 23 March 2022, OLAF Director-General Ville Itälä and President of the Belgian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Philippe de Koster signed an update of their cooperation arrangement which was concluded in 2005. The new text takes into account developments in the legislative and operational frameworks …

On 8 June 2022, OLAF published its annual activity report. OLAF recommended the recovery of over €527 million to the EU budget – around €234 million more than in 2020 and over € million more than in 2019. The report also includes new fraud trends detected in 2021 in a number of areas and OLAF’s contribution to ensure the EU’s green transition.

On 9 June 2022, the JHA Council adopted conclusions on the achievements and next steps in protecting Europeans from terrorism. Combatting terrorism, especially with regard to the return of foreign terrorist fighters and the detection of terrorist individuals in the Schengen area, was one …

On 7 June 2022, the Commission presented guidelines on extradition to third countries. The guidelines include practical guidance regarding the extradition of EU citizens to third countries after the CJEU's Petruhhin judgment and advice on handling unfounded/abusive extradition requests, such as politically motivated Interpol Red Notices.

At their meeting on 9/10 June 2022, the Justice and Home Affairs Ministers of the EU Member States agreed on their positions on several legislative proposals that are in the pipeline in the area of freedom, security and justice. In detail, the agreements concern: …

On 25 May 2022, the Commission presented its fourth progress report on the implementation of the EU Security Union Strategy. It is the first one from progress reports published at regular intervals that takes into account the threats to EU internal safety and security resulting from the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

On 23 June 2022, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on the implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The resolution aimed to provide EP’s input to a review process regarding the progress of the RRF implementation.

In a resolution of 5 May 2022, the European Parliament (EP) reiterated its dissatisfaction with the progress of the ongoing Article 7 TEU procedures against Poland and Hungary. The resolution – adopted with 426 to 133 votes (and 37 abstentions) – calls on the …

In June 2022, the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) published a statement on mutual recognition of extradition decisions. The statement deals with the situation that individuals have currently no means or legal remedies to successfully and effectively challenge Interpol Red Notices or alerts in …