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Eurojust published a report about a two-day meeting on the European Investigation Order (EIO) attended by prosecutors from the EU Member States as well as representatives from EU institutions and academia at Eurojust’s premises in the Hague from 19-20 September 2018. The meeting provided a …

From 30-31 January 2019, Prosecutors General from Europe and Mediterranean countries took part in the second EuroMED Forum of Prosecutors hosted by Eurojust in The Hague. This year’s Forum dealt with issues such as the fight against terrorism and organised crime as well as …

On 11 January 2019, Eurojust and Europol published their first joint report on encryption offering an overview of the state of play in this area. Encryption is defined as the process of converting data, such as messages or pieces of information, in a way …

In February 2019, Eurojust published a report on its casework in asset recovery with the following overview:The main legal and practical issues encountered by Eurojust in its asset recovery casework;The support provided by Eurojust during the asset recovery process;The main judicial …

At the beginning of January 2019, an operation against an organised criminal group suspected of manipulating professional tennis competitions led to the arrest of 83 suspects, 28 of them professional players. Professional players had been bribed to guarantee predetermined results. Members of the OCG then …

In December 2018, the European multidisciplinary platform against criminal threats (EMPACT) published its results for the year 2018, stating that 1026 investigations had been initiated with over €1.4 million seized in cash during the EMPACT Joint Action days. Furthermore, 1137 suspects were arrested and …

On 5 February 2019, the Commission presented two recommendations to the Council that would allow the Commission to negotiate international rules for obtaining electronic evidence. The first recommendation relates to a possible “executive agreement” with the U.S. within the framework of the U.S. CLOUD Act …

The EP rapporteur in the LIBE committee responsible for the Commission proposal on law enforcement access to e-evidence, Birgit Sippel (S&D, Germany), voiced further criticism (see already eucrim 4/2018, 206). After a first working document (see ibid), Sippel and co-rapporteurs/shadow rapporteurs examined the following …

At the meeting on 8 January 2019, the Council (General Affairs) approved conclusions on the Commission’s second progress report on the Implementation of the EU Strategy and Action Plan for Customs Risk Management. The Council, inter alia, welcomed the participation of customs …

In February 2019, the European Parliament published a study that examined abuse by some states of Interpol’s notice system to persecute national human rights defenders, civil society activists, and critical journalists in violation of international standards of human rights. The study, entitled “Misuse of …