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Eurojust published a revised version of its guidelines for deciding on competing European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) of 2004. The new guidelines enlarge the scope of the original guidelines, including scenarios for both the situation of multiple EAWs and the situation of conflicts between an EAW …

At its meeting on 7-8 October 2019, the JHA Council adopted Conclusions on Eurojust, underlining the unique and vital role of Eurojust in the coordination of serious cross-border investigations and prosecution between national investigating and prosecuting authorities.The Conclusions put emphasis on Eurojust’s …

On 12 November 2019, Eurojust and the Republic of Serbia signed a cooperation agreement allowing for the sharing of personal data and creating the possibility to appoint a Serbian Liaison Prosecutor to Eurojust.One of the requirements for the cooperation agreement was new Serbian …

From 5 to 8 September 2019, Joint Action Day (JAD) Western Balkans 2019 was carried out. 6708 officers on the ground, 50 officers in the Operational Centre at Europol’s headquarters, and eight agencies and international organisations teamed up to tackle firearms trafficking, illegal immigration, document …

In September 2019, Europol published a brochure offering statistics and updates of Europol’s year 2018. In 2018, Europol supported 1748 operations, the majority related to terrorism, cybercrime, and drug trafficking. 8266 operational reports were generated, mainly in the area of serious and organised crime. …

On 19 September 2019, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Stronger cooperation with the European financial services sector aims to strengthen the law enforcement response to financially motivated cybercriminals …

Europol has launched a new video series explaining law enforcement in 120 seconds. In a series of five clips, the videos illustrate how drugs are produced, trafficked, and distributed by serious and organised criminal organisations, what the negative consequences are for society, and the …

On 23 October 2019, Europol has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Palo Alto Networks, an American multinational cybersecurity company. The MoU enables the exchange of threat intelligence data and details of cybercrime trends as well as technical expertise and best practices, focusing …

On 31 October 2019, Europol conducted the first law enforcement exercise of this kind (CyLEEx19), simulating a cross-border cyberattack on critical infrastructure. The exercise, which was organised by EC3 and ENISA, brought together 20 cybercrime investigators and cybersecurity experts from the public and private …

On 4 November 2019, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) published a report on how to prevent, respond to, and investigate spear phishing attacks.Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation or business for the purposes of distributing malware or extracting …