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On 16 February 2023 GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Ireland. The country joined GRECO in 1999 and has implemented 75% of the recommendations of the first evaluation round, 85% of the second evaluation round, and 70% of the third evaluation round.

On 19 January 2023, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Bulgaria. The focus of the fifth round is on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments, especially regarding persons with top executive functions (PTEFs) and law enforcement agencies.

Since the Russian Federation ceased to be a party to the ECHR on 16 September 2022 (→ eucrim 3/2022, 199), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled in a number of cases. In a background brief of 3 February 2023, the Registrar of the Court set out some guiding procedural principles for the future handling of cases against Russia that fall within the Court's jurisdiction:

On 20 March 2023 the ECtHR published a new version of the Rules of Court on its website. They clarify third-party intervention in amendments to Rule 44 (2) and (3) (b). These rules govern the conditions and time limits for the submission of written comments …

On 26 January 2023, ECtHR President Síofra O’Leary presented a summary of the Court’s activities and its statistics for 2022. The exceptionally serious events of the year, namely the invasion of Ukraine, the exclusion of Russia from the CoE, and the loss of …

On 14 June 2023, the EP adopted its negotiating position on the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act. MEPs plead for a full ban on AI for biometric surveillance, emotion recognition, and predictive policing. Generative AI systems like ChatGPT must disclose that content was AI-generated. AI systems used to influence voters in elections should be considered high-risk.

On 15 May 2023, a new project was kicked off to strengthen judicial cooperation in the Western Balkans as well as between the region and the EU in the fight against organised crime and terrorism. Within the framework of the project, a contact group of …

A weeklong operation took place at the end of June 2023, involving 12 EU and EU-associated countries in Central and South-Eastern Europe, Frontex, Eurojust, Europol and INTERPOL. The international operation led to the arrests of 108 people smugglers. It was conducted by Frontex standing corps …

At the beginning of May 2023, a major anti-smuggling operation (Operation Pirates 1) was carried out by 15 EU Member States and Frontex with the support of Europol, OLAF, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the Customs Eastern and South-Eastern Land Border Expert Team …

In mid-June 2023, Frontex and Romania launched a new operational pilot project at Romania’s external border with Moldova and Ukraine. The project aims to test a new command structure in order to further strengthen the effectiveness of Frontex operations. The growing number of officers deployed …