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At the beginning of September 2023, Mr Rudolf Christoffersen took up his duties as liaison prosecutor for Norway at Eurojust. During his career, Mr Christoffersen held positions as public prosecutor in Bergen, as deputy to the Norwegian Liaison Prosecutor at Eurojust, and as a member …

For the first time, the Republic of Moldova has stationed a liaison prosecutor at Eurojust. At the beginning of September 2023, Mr Mihail Ivanov took up this new position, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between the Moldovan authorities and Eurojust in cases of serious …

On 28 September 2023, First Advocate General (AG) Szpunar confirms his viewpoint that the retention of and access to civil identity data linked to the IP address used is to be permitted if this data represents the only clue for establishing the identity of persons who have committed copyright infringements exclusively on the internet.

The ECJ ruled on 7 September 2023, in Case C-162/22, that retained data provided to authorities for the purpose of combating serious crime cannot be used in the context of investigations for a disciplinary offense related to corruption.

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency released a report on protecting human rights defenders at risk. It explores the difficulties defenders face and outlines prospects of a more consistent EU approach.

The European Commission recommended opening negotiations for international agreements on the exchange of personal data to fight serious crime and terrorism between Europol and the competent authorities of five Latin American countries (Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico). At the beginning of May 2023, the EDPS …

Two years after the dismantling of the encrypted communications tool EncroChat, which had been widely used by organised crime groups (→eucrim news of 21 March 2021), law enforcement and judicial authorities are still reaping the rewards. On 27 June 2023, French and Dutch …

End of June 2023, the Frontex Consultative Forum on Fundamental Rights published its tenth annual report for 2022. The report outlines the main observations and recommendations that the Forum raised throughout the year with Frontex to strengthen fundamental rights protection in the agency's activities.

End of May 2023, Eurojust presented the agency's operational results in 2022. Eurojust contributed to the arrest of more than 4 000 suspects, the seizure/freezing of criminal assets worth almost €3 billion and the seizure of drugs worth almost €12 billion.

In his opinion of 15 June 2023 in Case C-755/21 P, Kočner v Europol, Advocate General Rantos concludes that EU law has introduced a system of joint and several liability between Europol and the Member State concerned for damage suffered as a result of …