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In a resolution adopted on 15 June 2023, MEPs discuss the lessons learned from the Pandora Papers and other data leaks on tax evasion schemes, and make a series of recommendations to combat tax abuse and money laundering.

On 4 April 2023, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) sent letters to the trilogue partners (the European Parliament, the Council, and the European Commission) concerning the envisaged rules on data sharing for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) purposes. The …

Mandated by the Commission, a research group drafted a Handbook of good practices in the fight against corruption. Its aim is to map a variety of anti-corruption practices in EU Member States that have proved to be useful in solving problems related to corruption, and which can inspire similar initiatives elsewhere. It is clustered into eight types of anti-corruption approaches.

This news item continues the reporting on key EU reactions following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 in view of the impact on the EU's internal security policy, criminal law, and the protection of the EU’s financial interests. The overview covers the period from beginning of January 2023 to the end of June 2023. It connects to previous overviews, which were published in the eucrim issues of 2022.

Ten civil society organisations submitted their criticism of the new Commission initiative “Security-related information sharing − reciprocal access for frontline officers in the EU and key partner countries”. Among the dangers cited: aiding political repression and underpinning human rights violations.The objective of …

A new Directive establishes a modern legal basis for the exchange of information between the EU Member States' law enforcement authorities. It will repeal the 2006 "Swedish Initiative". The Directive is founded on five principles and the future exchange of law enforcement information should be effectuated via a system of Single Points of Contact.

On 31 March 2023, the network of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies (JHAAN) published an update of the joint paper on its contribution to the EU’s solidarity with Ukraine (for the initial paper →eucrim news of 14 October 2022). The update …

This news item gives an overview of the recent developments regarding the finalisation of interinstitutional negotiations on the EU rules to gather e-evidence in criminal matters. Negotiations on a legal framework between the EU and the USA on this matter were resumed in March 2023.

On 5 April 2023, the Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters between Member States. The aim of the proposal is to generate more efficient criminal proceedings as well as better administration of justice within the EU.

In its judgment of 2 March 2023, the ECJ clarified that a German tax office responsible for criminal matters and tax investigation (Steuerfahndung) cannot issue European Investigation Orders (EIOs) without a judge, a court, an investigating judge or a public prosecutor having validated the EIO in advance.