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New amendments to the Austrian law on criminal procedure entered into force on 1 January 2025. In addition the Austrian Federal Ministry of Justice presented a draft for an Act on the implementation of EU Criminal Justice Acts. In light of these legislative amendments and …

For the past five years, the Norwegian and Danish authorities, with the support of Eurojust, have been operating a joint investigation team to combat drug trafficking. A recent evaluation of this JIT highlights the successful fight against an organised crime group (OCG) that was trafficking …

On 5 March 2025, Pavel Zeman rejoined Eurojust as National Member for the Czech Republic. Following his service as the first Czech National Member of Eurojust in 2004, Pavel Zeman had returned to the Czech Republic in 2011 and served as its Prosecutor General. Mr …

At the beginning of March 2025, Ms Kirstine Troldborg took up her duties at Eurojust as the new Representative of Denmark. She was previously Head of International Affairs at the Danish Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. She succeeds Mr Torben Thygesen.Following …

At the end of 20 January 2025, Mr Branislav Boháčik started his five-year term as National Member for Slovakia at Eurojust, succeeding Mr Ladislav Hamran, former National Member for Slovakia and President of Eurojust. Prior to joining Eurojust, Mr Boháčik worked as a judicial cybercrime …

On 5 March 2025, the home affairs ministers of the EU Member States and counterparts of 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries adopted a joint declaration on internal security. They committed to addressing common internal security threats together, in particular as regards the fight against transnational serious and organised crime and illicit drug trafficking.

A study published at the beginning of February 2025 identified the weaknesses of capital gains taxation in the EU and calls for comprehensive reforms to combat tax avoidance.

In rulings handed down on 6 March 2025, the ECJ sanctioned five EU Member States for having transposed the Whistleblowers Directive too late or not yet at all.

In its judgment of 6 March 2025 in Joined Cases C-647/21 (D.K.) and C-648/21 (M.C and M.F.), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) clarified that the decision to withdraw cases from a judge is subject to objective and precise criteria …

On 5 March 2025, the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) negatively evaluated the Commission proposal for a revised directive laying down minimum rules to prevent and counter the facilitation of unauthorised entry, transit and stay in the Union ("Facilitation Directive").