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With the objective of enhancing cooperation between the Gulf Cooperation Council Police (GCCPOL) and Europol in the fight against organised crime and terrorism, the first meeting of senior law enforcement officials took place in Abu Dhabi on 5 and 6 February 2025. GCCPOL is a …

On 3 February 2025, Europol informed the public that it has expanded its Secure Information Exchange Network Application (SIENA) from 3000 to 3500 connections. SIENA enables the secure, efficient, and timely exchange of information between Europol and its partners, including national, regional, and local law …

On 6 March 2025, the EU and Brazil signed an international agreement to strengthen the partnership between Europol and Brazilian law enforcement authorities in the fight against serious and organised crime. Under the agreement, the parties will be able to exchange operational information.Brazil is …

In a joint operation, bringing together many experts from the public and private sector, Europol succeeded in identifying persons and new modi operandi of money laundering, thus increasing seizures of criminal assets worldwide.

The world’s two largest cybercrime forums, “Cracked.io” and “Nulled.io”, were taken down at the end of January 2025. The law enforcement operation that was led by German authorities and supported by Europol involved eight countries from Europe, the United States, and Australia.The …

On 25 February 2025, Frontex and the European Commission signed a working arrangement to enhance their cooperation in the field of migration management. Under the arrangement, the parties agree to strengthen situational awareness, early warning, and forecasting.

On 25–26 February 2025, the Italian Coast Guard, acting as Chair of the European Coast Guard Functions Forum (ECGFF), together with Frontex hosted an international workshop on Artificial Intelligence and unmanned systems. The workshop explored how AI could be deployed for search and rescue operations.

On 12 February 2025, Eurojust launched a new project to combat impunity for war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. The new project, entitled "National Authorities Against Impunity (IMPNA)", aims to reduce safe havens for the perpetrators of CICs and thereby contribute to criminal accountability for such crimes.

In January 2025, Europol and Eurojust launched the third phase of the SIRIUS project, an initiative to support national law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and judicial authorities (JAs) in the field of electronic evidence.

On 24 February 2025, the day on which Russia started the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, Eurojust published a summary of the results of the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) on alleged core international crimes (CICs) in Ukraine. The JIT was set up in March …