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On 24 September 2020, Michael O’Flaherty was reappointed as Director of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) for a second term of three years. FRA’s Management Board formally decided to extend his contract. The extension will take effect from 16 December 2020.

In August and September 2020, in a first airborne mission of its kind, Frontex and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) joined forces to support Cyprus in tracking down illegal fishing in the southern part of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Cyprus. Frontex supported …

In September 2020, Frontex announced that it would launch a pilot project for maritime surveillance by Aerostat to assess the capacity and cost efficiency of Aerostat platforms for maritime surveillance as well as to modify and optimise the equipment used. Aerostat is to successfully support …

On 2 October 2020, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its seventh annual report. The report outlines the Forum’s main activities in 2019, e.g., the provision of advice on the following matters:Implementation of the European Border and Coast Guard Regulation (Frontex …

In order to further enhance the introduction of the Entry-Exit System (EES), Frontex is planning to test various technical solutions with the aim of advising EU countries on the most appropriate technology to be used. Therefore, Frontex is about to launch procurement procedures to gather …

In September 2020, Jo Christian Jordet took up duty as the new Liaison Prosecutor for Norway at Eurojust. Before joining Eurojust, Mr. Jordet served as regional prosecutor, business lawyer, deputy judge, and police prosecutor in Norway. Mr. Jordet succeeds Ms Hilde Stoltenberg who served …

With a view to strengthening the EU’s information exchange in the field of counter-terrorism, Eurojust published a new edition of its Memorandum on Battlefield Evidence in September 2020. The Memorandum outlines present-day possibilities of and experiences with using battlefield evidence in criminal proceedings in EU …

On 22 September 2020, on the occasion of the High-Level Conference on the EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, Eurojust announced that it would join the newly created Victims’ Rights Platform. The platform is the first measure created under the first EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights …

On 5 August 2020, Europol published a new report looking into the involvement of organised crime groups in sports corruption. The report analyses the following:The link between sports corruption and organised crime;The characteristics, structure, and modus operandi of criminal networks;The different …

On 5 October 2020, Europol published its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2020. The report details the latest developments with regard to cross-cutting crime facilitators and challenges to criminal investigations, cyber-dependent crime, child sexual exploitation online, payment fraud, and criminal abuse via the …