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In early July 2025, the Secretariat of the Network of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) published its Fifth JITs Evaluation Report, providing practical findings, lessons learned, and best practices, with a particular focus on combating cybercrime. The report draws on 67 evaluations …

The Council of Europe adopted its Strategy on the Environment 2025–2030, setting out a forward-looking vision that links environmental protection with the organisation’s core values of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law.

In his opinion of 26 June 2025 on a case concerning the interpretation of the EIO Directive's provisions of videoconference hearings and the temporary transfer of persons in custody, AG Rantos advises that the ECJ strengthens the position of the issuing authority from Italy and declares incompatible the refusal by the executing Belgian authorities.

According to the ECJ's ruling of 10 July 2025 in WBS GmbH, an administrative authority that investigates crimes can be treated as "issuing authority" within the meaning of the EIO Directive, even if certain investigative measures sought (involving an interference with the fundamental rights of the person concerned) must, in accordance with national law, first be authorised by a judicial authority.

On 22 July 2025, Eurojust published the first comprehensive overview of the CJEU's case-law concerning the application of Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 regarding the European Investigation Order in criminal matters. It aims to enhance the consistent application of the EIO.

According to an opinion by AG Rantos, published on 10 July 2025, an EU Member State, which refuses to execute a European Arrest Warrant on the grounds that there is a risk of violation of the fundamental rights of the persons concerned in the issuing Member State, is obliged to order the enforcement of the sentence on its own territory.

On 4 September 2025, the Grand Chamber of the ECJ decided that an EU Member State cannot enforce a custodial sentence imposed in another Member State itself without the consent of that State. The sentencing State may maintain the EAW and seek to have the person concerned back for enforcement of the prison sentence on its own territory.

On 12 October 2025, the Schengen countries started the gradual roll-out of the Entry-Exit System. The system will register non-EU nationals’ external border crossings for short stays and includes biometric data and functionalities. The system should be fully operational by 10 April 2026.

On 10 June 2025, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its twelfth Annual Report. The report outlines the main observations and recommendations that the Consultative Forum shared with Frontex and its management board throughout 2024, with the aim of strengthening the protection of …

On 3 June 2025, Frontex published its annual risk analysis for the period 2025–2026. The report provides a comprehensive overview of current challenges at the EU's external borders and serves as a basis for strategic planning in European border management. Its conclusions on the main …