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The final conference of the MEIOR project will examine structures of judicial review in EIO proceedings. It offers a platform for the partners of the MEIOR Project to present their findings as well as to engage with other scholars and stakeholders in a broader discussion on the need for, function and type of judicial scrutiny in cross-border investigations.

The act of “rethinking” corruption is necessary due to a global stagnation after more than two decades of international anticorruption efforts. The issue of corruption is being reframed as a security issue, rather than a developmental one, but the role international agency play in changing …

This year's ECLAN conference will deal with collection and admissibility of evidence in Europe. Topics are, inter alia, rules on investigation and exclusion of evidence in EU Member States European requirements regarding national rules on evidence; collection and use of evidence in trans-border cases and co-operation between Member States; collection and use of evidence in EPPO cases, etc.

Since 8 November 2023, Mr José Luis Ferreira Trindade has been a Eurojust National Member for Portugal. Mr Trindade can look back on a long-standing career with Eurojust, where he started as Assistant to the National Member in 2016 and then became Deputy National Member …

On 26 October 2023, Advocate General (AG) Tamara Ćapeta released her opinion on the reference for a preliminary ruling with regard to the EncroChat case. In the case at issue, the Regional Court of Berlin, Germany, asked several questions as to the lawfulness of …

This article features the summary of the EU-funded ParTFin project. The full report can be downloaded below and separately cited by using a unique DOI number (10.30709/eucrim-2023-031). The project aimed at providing guidance for policymakers, competent authorities, and obliged entities on how to ensure that …

In its judgment of 19 October 2023 in Case C-655/21 (G. St. T.), the ECJ interpreted the principles of legal certainty and proportionality as enshrined in Art. 49(1) and (3) CFR in the context of the incrimination of trade mark infringements under Bulgarian law.

If there are deficiencies in the rule of law, which have an impact on the concrete criminal decision, not only extradition but also the execution of a prison sentence can be refused. This was decided by the ECJ on 9 November 2023 upon a referral by the Regional Court of Aachen (Germany).

The European arrest warrant (EAW) is the most emblematic instrument of mutual recognition in the field of criminal law. The well-functioning of the EAW is based upon mutual trust, and mutual trust is founded on the presumption that the criminal courts of the EU Member States are independent. What are the consequences for the EAW when the independence of the issuing judicial authority is questioned?