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On 23 November 2022, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi addressed a letter to the Commission on Ireland’s refusal to cooperate with the EPPO. Kövesi pointed out that Ireland has persistently refused to execute EPPO’s requests for judicial cooperation since it does not recognise the EPPO as a competent authority for the application of existing instruments for judicial cooperation.

This report summarises the content and main findings of the conference “Prevent – Detect – Investigate; New Challenges in Fighting Expenditure Fraud and Irregularities”, held by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Czech Ministry of Finance in Prague in November 2022.

On 28 December 2022, the decision of OLAF’s Controller of procedural guarantees on how she will handle complaints was published in the Official Journal. It lays down rules to be followed in relation to the lodging, processing and follow up of complaints submitted to the Controller.

This news item continues the regular overview of EPPO’s operational activities for the period from November to the end of December 2022 (for the previous overview → eucrim 3/2022, 176-177).

In a speech at the Legal Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag, the European Chief Prosecutor reported on the achievements of the EPPO since 2021 and provided an outlook into a possible review of EPPO's legal framework and mandate.

ERA and the ECBA published an e-guide which provides a short and precise overview of the most important issues in EPPO proceedings for defence practitioners.

During the third edition of operation SHIELD, carried out between April and October 2022, law enforcement and customs authorities in 28 countries were able to seize illegal medicines and doping substances worth over €40 million. 349 suspects were arrested or reported to judicial authorities.

In November 2022, a coordinated action between judicial and law enforcement authorities from ten countries (including several EU Member States and third countries, such as Australia, Canada, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States), supported by Eurojust and Europol, led to the takedown of …

An action day on 22 November 2022 resulted in the arrest of 44 individuals suspected of belonging to a high-risk criminal network. Criminal organisations had been working together to carry out large-scale poly-criminal activities in and outside the EU, including drug trafficking, money laundering, …

Between 8-19 November 2022, an operation conducted by law enforcement authorities from Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates led to the take-down of a "super-cartel" controlling one third of cocaine trade in Europe. With the support of Europol's …