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The Commission communicated the results of the EU coordinated action "From the Hives". It confirmed that a significant part of honey imported into the EU is suspicious of not complying with the provisions of the “Honey Directive”. OLAF provided investigative support and on-the-spot checks.

On 23 February 2023, CEPOL, in its capacity as outgoing Presidency of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network (JHAAN), published the final activity report for the year 2022. Agencies in the network include CEPOL, EIGE, EMCDDA, EUAA, eu-LISA, Eurojust, Europol, FRA, and Frontex.

New rules of procedure of the General Court, which came into effect on 1 April 2023, were designed to make the proceedings before the Court more efficient.

For the first time, Europol organised a “Forensic Sprint” at its headquarters. 15 experts from eight countries met at Europol HQ from 6 to 9 March 2023 in order to jointly extract data from seized devices. The sprint built on previous raids that …

On 3 May 2023, an Action Day as part of an international operation resulted in the arrests of 132 ‘Ndrangheta mafia members, an Italian criminal network devoted to international drug trafficking, international firearms trafficking, and money laundering. The criminal network has massive investments in several …

In a report, Europol looked into the risks and challenges for law enforcement to tackle the illicit methods of criminal networks in EU ports, exemplified with the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg/Bremerhaven.

On 26 April 2023, Mr Vittorio Di Bucci was appointed Registrar of the General Court of the EU. Prior to his appointment, Mr Di Bucci, who joined the European institution in 1987, served as principal legal adviser/director in the Legal Service of the European Commission, …

On 4 April 2023, a law enforcement operation involving Europol and Eurojust shut down a notorious hacker marketplace that sold citizens' identities to criminals. The marketplace isted for sale the identities of over 2 million people.

In May 2023, Ms Biserca Ivanova Stoyanova commenced her five-year mandate as National Member for Bulgaria at Eurojust. Prior to joining Eurojust, Stoyanova worked for several Bulgarian investigation services as an investigating magistrate for over 26 years. Her last position was as Head of …

In a joint action conducted at the end of April and coordinated by Europol, together with authorities from nine countries from inside and outside the EU, “Monopoly Market” - an illegal dark web marketplace mainly for buying and selling drugs - was shut down. Altogether …