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With the aim of disrupting migrant smuggling networks, both inside and outside the EU, the Council approved a set of measures with a law enforcement focus on 6 December 2018.

On 1 November 2018, it was the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 and the setting up of a single, full-time ECtHR. The protocol also established the right of individual petition to over 800 million Europeans. Following the entry into …

On 3 December 2018, the Grand Chamber panel of five judges accepted a request for an advisory opinion under Protocol No. 16. This is the first case (received on 16 October 2018 from the French Court of Cassation) since the entry into force of Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR on 1 August 2018.

On 7 December 2018, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Estonia. In general, GRECO observed that the comprehensive legislative framework and online tools in place in Estonia provide a sound basis for preventing corruption amongst all officials. There are, however, a number of areas in which improvements are necessary and recommended.

On 17 December 2018, MONEYVAL published its fifth-round evaluation report on Albania. The report calls on the Albanian authorities to step up their efforts in pursuing launderers, when confiscating assets connected to significant proceeds-generating offences and in tackling terrorist financing risks.

On 10 December 2018, FATF and MONEYVAL published a mutual assessment report on Israel’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) system, the effectiveness of measures in place, and their level of compliance with FATF Recommendations.

On 13-14th December 2018, the Romanian National Anti-Corruption Directorate organised the conference “The impact of the EPPO Regulation at the level of the national authorities of the participating EU Member States.” It aimed to facilitate the sharing of experiences, challenges, and practices in order to prepare the EU and the national legal systems for the establishment of the EPPO.

At its meeting of 18 October 2018, the European Council called for measures to provide Member States’ law enforcement authorities, Europol, and Eurojust with adequate resources to face new challenges posed by technological developments and the emerging security threat landscape. The resources include …

Organisations and academics voiced critical opinions on the Commission proposals of April 2014 on e-evidence.

On 19 October 2018, the CCBE delivered a critical viewpoint on the Commison’s proposal of April 2018 for a Regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters. It further develops its critical position it issued in previous comments.