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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 …

At the end of May 2025, the EPPO and the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP) signed an agreement to enhance their strategic cooperation. The EPPO also signed bilateral agreements with the Public Prosecutor’s Offices of six AIAMP members in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Costa …

At the beginning of June 2025, the European Commission announced that it launched a new import surveillance tool to protect the EU from harmful trade diversion and sudden surges in imports redirected from high-tariff markets. Building on customs data, the tool provides fact-based information to …

In June 2025, the Commission updated its list of high-risk jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regimes, requiring EU entities to apply enhanced vigilance in transactions involving them. Ten jurisdictions were added: Algeria, Angola, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Monaco, …

On 1 October 2025, the General Court ruled in favour of a Greek academic researcher who claimed that she was entitled to compensation for the damage she allegedly suffered following the publication, on 5 May 2020, of a press release from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in that it unlawfully processed her personal data and conveyed false information about her.

On 10 July 2025, Europol and the Public Security Directorate (PSD) of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan signed a Working Arrangement to support EU Member States and Jordan in preventing and combating serious and organised crime and terrorism. The arrangement establishes a structured legal framework …

At the end of May 2025, Operation ENDGAME, ongoing since 2024, led to the takedown of Initial Access Malware. This malware was being used for initial infection, helping cybercriminals to enter victims’ systems unnoticed and download more malware, such as ransomware, onto their devices. …

At the Minister of Justice Conference, held in Valletta, Malta, on 19 September 2025, the Council of Europe opened for signature a new additional protocol to the 1959 Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters. The briefly dubbed "Valletta Protocol" aims to reinforce the ability of CoE member states, as well as partner states, to adequately respond to crime.

At a meeting held in Valletta, Malta, on 19 September 2025, the justice ministers from the Council of Europe member states adopted a declaration designed to foster cooperation in the fight against transnational crime.

On 5 September 2025, the Council of Europe celebrated the first anniversary of the opening for signature of its Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence at a conference in Madrid, Spain. The Council of Europe’s Committee on artificial intelligence (CAI) and the Complutense University of Madrid jointly organised the conference. Academic experts and members of the CAI Bureau shared theoretical and methodological insights on the convention’s key themes.