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On 23 August 2018, MONEYVAL published its fifth-round evaluation report on Latvia. This evaluation round builds on previous MONEYVAL assessments by strengthening the examination of how effectively Member States prevent and combat ML, terrorism financing (TF), and proliferation.

On 30 May 2018, MONEYVAL published its General Activity Report for 2017. Twenty years into its establishment, MONEYVAL keeps its major focus on evaluating its members against both a set of anti-money laundering (AML) standards and Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards for counter-terrorist financing measures (CFT).

On 21 August 2018, GRECO published its fifth-round evaluation report on Latvia. The country has a fluctuating position − between less favorable and more favorable − in corruption perception surveys.

On 20 July 2018, GRECO has published its fifth-round evaluation report on Luxembourg.

On 12 September 2018, GRECO placed Denmark in its non-compliance procedure, due to the lack of sufficient measures taken to prevent corruption in respect of MPs and the judiciary.

On 1 August 2018, Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR, which shall strengthen the dialogue between the European Court of Human Rights and the highest national courts, came into force after 10 Member States signed and ratified it.

On 13 June 2018, ten EU Agencies signed a Joint Statement committing themselves to working together against trafficking in human beings (THB).

In June 2018, the Council of Europe’s drug policy network – the Pompidou Group – launched the creation of an online handbook to enhance and improve the international coordination of controlled deliveries of illicit commodities.

On 5 July 2018, the EUNAVFOR Med operation Sophia Task Force was enforced by five specialists from Europol, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, and EUNAVFOR Med.

In June 2018, Europol published its Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) for 2018, outlining current trends.