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The new Europol report on serious and organised crime threats identified key criminal activities, the dynamics of criminal networks, and emerging trends in the EU.

On 20 February 2025, Europol published a new report providing law enforcement agencies with a structured approach to evaluating new technologies while upholding fundamental rights and public trust. The report titled Assessing Technologies in Law Enforcement: A Method for Ethical Decision-Making is intended to be …

On 3 March 2025, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) published its Annual Report for the year 2024. The report gives an overview of the EPPO’s operational activities and the activities of its College, permanent Chambers, and European Delegated Prosecutors.

A new Europol report outlines the threat of pharmaceutical crime in the EU and beyond. It aims to raise awareness of the ways criminal networks exploit consumers and industry in generating illegal revenue through producing and selling counterfeit medicines.

According to the European Court of Auditor's report no 11/2025, EU funding granted to NGOs remains opaque, in particular due to a lack of sufficient information and of adequate checks on NGOs' status and compliance with EU values.

According to the ECJ's judgment of 13 February 2025, a fine for a violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) may be calculated on the basis of the global turnover of an entire group of companies.

At the end of January 2025, the EFIPPP published a practical guide with an overview of how and why to ensure successful operational cooperation between financial institutions and investigative authorities in the fight against financial crime.

On 11 February 2025, the European Commission adopted its work programme for the year 2025. It builds on the commitments in the Political Guidelines and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's mission letters. Under the theme “Moving forward together: A Bolder, Simpler, Faster Union”, …

On 2 April 2025, the plenary of the European Parliament (EP) adopted the Parliament's guidelines for the 2026 EU budget. The guidelines are designed to set out the EP's expectations towards the Commission when drafting its budget proposal (expected in June 2025). MEPs wish …

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) believes that simplified import customs procedures in the EU are vulnerable to VAT fraud. This is the main conclusion of a special report published on 24 March 2025.