Search results

At the beginning of May 2019, both Frontex and Europol submitted progress reports to the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the preparatory status of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). For the legal framework of ETIAS, see 2/2018, 82, …

On 8 February 2019, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Lithuania. As regards national risk assessment, Lithuania faces a number of ML threats, mainly from corruption, the shadow economy, organised crime, and the widespread use of cash. Concrete results are apparent in reducing the shadow economy, but further efforts are needed, especially in the investigation and prosecution of ML and AML/CFT supervision.

On 11 February 2019, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on the Czech Republic. The report acknowledges the accuracy of the risk assessments by Czech authorities. Correspondingly, ML occurs mostly in conjunction with tax crimes, fraud, corruption, phishing, and subvention fraud. The probability of FT occurring remains low.

In an unprecedented move on 19 March 2019, GRECO publicly proclaimed in a Declaration that Belarus does not comply with the anti-corruption standards of the CoE.

On 22 February 2019, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on The Netherlands, which calls upon the Dutch authorities to further intensify corruption prevention measures, both in top executive functions and vis-à-vis members of law enforcement agencies.

On 3 April 2019, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Malta. The focus of this evaluation round is on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. The evaluation focuses particularly on issues, such as conflicts of interest, the declaration of assets, and accountability mechanisms.

On 28 January 2019, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Poland. The focus of this evaluation round is on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. The evaluation focuses particularly on issues, such as conflicts of interest, the declaration of assets, and accountability mechanisms.

On 8 April 2019, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, presented her first annual activity report before the Parliamentary Assembly.

On 1 April 2019, the Court elected Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos (Greece) as new President, Robert Spano (Iceland) as new Vice-President, and Ksenija Turković (Croatia) as new Section President. They took office on 5 May 2019.

If the national legislation of an EU Member State does not provide for legal remedies, by means of which the substantive reasons for an investigative measure requested by a European Investigation Order (EIO), cannot be challenged, this Member State is not entitled to use the EIO instrument. This far-reaching legal ramification was proposed by Advocate General Yves Bot in his opinion of 11 April 2019 in case C-324/17 (criminal proceedings against Ivan Gavanozov)