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In 2016, FRA had published an Opinion on fundamental rights in the “hotspots” set up in Greece and Italy formulating “21 individual opinions to address the fundamental rights shortcomings identified in the implementation of the hotspot approach in Greece and Italy”. In March 2019, FRA …

On 20 February 2019, Frontex published its Risk Analysis for the year 2019. According to the report, illegal border-crossings in 2018 amounted to 150,114 – 27% less than in 2017. The report sees the primary reason for this decrease in the dramatic fall in …

On 1 March 2019, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its annual report for the year 2018. The report still sees inadequat staffing of the Agency’s Fundamental Rights Office and raises concerns with respect to the independence of this office. The report …

Within its strategy to deploy liaison officers to enhance the cooperation between Frontex and national authorities responsible for border management, returns and coast guard functions, Frontex introduced its liaison officer for Portugal and Spain at the beginning of March 2019.

At the beginning of March 2019, Europol reported that operation MISMED 2 resulted in the seizure of illegally trafficked medicines worth more than €165 million, 435 arrests, and the disruption of 24 organised crime groups. The international operation (carried out between April and October 2018) …

On 21 February 2019, representatives of Europol and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)of the United States Department of the Treasury met to discuss possibilities for further cooperation, especially with regard to the exchange of financial information. The agencies agreed on the deployment of …

On 28 February 2019, Europol signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Perseuss to enhance their efforts to combat online fraud. Perseuss is a global platform based on fraud records of merchants from across the globe who aim to share fraud intelligence. Europol and Perseuss have …

In order to provide law enforcement authorities in the EU with a tool for immediate response to major cross-border cyber-attacks, the Council of the EU adopted an EU Law Enforcement Emergency Response Protocol. The Protocol, on which Europol reported in March 2019, is part …

On 5 February 2019, Mr Priit Pikamäe started his new term of office as Advocate General at the European Court of Justice. Mr Pikamäe has held various positions in the Estonian judiciary, most recently as President of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court (2010-2013). …

In 2018, the number of illegal border-crossings at Europe’s external borders − at an estimated 150,000 − was at its lowest in five years. This drop was caused mainly by the Central Mediterranean route to Italy seeing the lowest number of irregular entries since 2012. …