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After the adoption of the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime – also dubbed the “European Magnitsky Act” – in December 2020, the EU started to impose the first restrictive measures to individuals in March 2021.

The Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe started the implementation of the European citizens' participation in the discussions on the future shape and orientation of the EU.

After the European Parliament adopted its position on the e-evidence package in December 2020 (→ eucrim 4/2020, 295-296), trilogue negotiations between the EP, the Council, and the Commission started on 10 February 2021. The Council had already presented its general approach in 2018 (→ …

On 21 December 2020, the Commission presented its second statistical report on the European Criminal Records Information System (ECRIS). This system has allowed judicial authorities to easily exchange information on previous criminal convictions since 2012. The purpose of the report is to present the compliance …

In his Opinion of 11 March 2021 in Case C-66/20 (XK / Finanzamt für Steuerstrafsachen und Steuerfahndung Münster), Advocate General (AG) Sánchez-Bordona rejects the authorisation of administrative authorities – despite exercising powers as a prosecution office in criminal tax matters – to issue …

On 10 March 2020, the CJEU decided on the consequences of the Bulgarian criminal procedure system, under which both the European arrest warrant and the decision on which it is based had been issued by the Bulgarian public prosecutor without court review prior to surrender. …

In Case C-414/20 PPU (“MM”), the CJEU had to rule on the consequences if a Member State issued a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) without prior judicial decision that orders the arrest of the requested person. In the case at issue, MM was prosecuted …

In its judgment of 28 January 2021 in Case C-649/19 (“criminal proceedings against IR”), the CJEU took a stance on the extent of a person’s rights of information if he/she is subject to a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). In addition, the CJEU …

On 20 January 2021, the European Parliament adopted its own initiative report on the implementation of the European Arrest Warrant. While MEPs consider that the EAW is “generally a success” and has “positive effects on the maintenance of the AFSJ,” they believe that the time is ripe to improve and update the instrument, particularly since digital transformations have changed the ecosystem of crime.

In its judgment of 14 January 2021, the CJEU clarified EU Member States’ obligations with regard to Framework Decision 2005/212/JHA on confiscation of crime-related proceeds, instrumentalities, and property. The case (C-393/19, “OM”) dealt with the rights of third parties acting …