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This news item continues the overview of recent rule-of-law developments in Poland (as far as they relate to European law) since the last update in eucrim 2-2022, 82-83.

On 23 September 2022, the European Commission presented the 33rd annual report on the protection of the EU’s financial interests and the fight against fraud in 2021. the report stated that 11,218 cases of fraud and irregularities in total were reported. This is a bit less than in 2020. The related irregular amounts increased to €3.24 billion.

On 15 September 2022, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2020 and 2021. In this text the MEPs assessed the state of fundamental values in the EU in 2020 – 2021 and identified areas of concern and proposed ways to protect freedom, equality and the rule of law more effectively.

At the end of June 2022, Frontex issued its annual report on the agency's cooperation with third countries for the year 2021. The report sets out the respective highlights in 2021, the dialogues and cooperation frameworks that were continued and/or established over the past year, the agency’s technical and operational cooperation, and capacity-building measures.

Within the framework of the Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC), Frontex and Mauritanian authorities opened a risk analysis cell in Nouakchott on 20 September 2022. Risk analysis cells collect and analyse data on cross-border crime, such as information on illegal border crossings, document fraud, trafficking in …

By the end of August 2022, Frontex recorded the highest total of irregular entries in the January-August period since 2016. With 188,200 irregular entries detected at the external borders of the EU in the first eight month of 2022, the number had increased by 75% …

On 8 September 2022, the first High-Level Network on Returns was launched, comprising expert representatives from Member States and Schengen Associated Countries` institutions responsible for returns. The network aims at coordinating the efforts made by all Member States to ensure effective returns on the EU …

In September 2022, FRA published the annual update on its report on the forced return monitoring systems that EU Member States have set up under Art. 8(6) of the EU’s Return Directive (2008/115/EC). By means of a table comparing developments in the EU Member States, …

On 16 September 2022, FRA’s management board elected Jim Clarken as its new chairperson. The agency’s management board consists of one independent member per Member State as well as two representatives of the European Commission and one independent person appointed by the Council of Europe. …

Celebrating six years of the launch of the portal No More Ransom (→ eucrim 3/2016, p. 128), Europol took stock of the successful public-private partnership. Today, the portal offers 136 free tools for 165 ransomware variants in order to assist victims of ransomware . Together …