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The EU passed new legislation designed to prevent misuse of the crypto industry for the purposes of money laundering and financing of terrorism.

EU law does not preclude national legislation which prohibits the trial court in a criminal case from raising its own motion, a breach of the obligation imposed on the competent authorities to inform suspects or accused persons promptly of their right to remain silent with a view to the annulment of the procedure. However, those suspects or accused persons must not have been deprived of a practical and effective opportunity to have access to a lawyer.

In its judgment in Lin (Case C-107/23 PPU) of 24 July 2023, the ECJ clarified the obligations of Member States arising from the need to combat fraud affecting the financial interests of the Union and the need to respect fundamental rights protected by EU law and national law.

There are first reactions to the Commission's proposal of April 2023 for a regulation on the transfer of proceedings in criminal matters (→ eucrim 1/2023, 40). In a statement of 12 June 2023, the German Bar Association welcomes the draft regulation in principle. …

On 10 March 2023, the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (Germany) declared extradition of a person from Germany to the UK as “currently inadmissible” due to the lack of guarantees for the person’s protection of fundamental rights.

This news item provides an overview of EPPO’s main operational activities from 1 May to 30 September 2023. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues (for the previous overview → eucrim 1/2023, 19-22). The overview is in reverse chronological order.

This news item provides an overview of court verdicts in EPPO cases in the various participating EU Member States, as far as reported by the EPPO. It covers the period from 1 May to 31 July 2023 and continues the overview in → eucrim 1/2023, 19.

This news item provides an overview of EPPO’s main operational activities in the first four months of 2023 (1 January-30 April 2023). It continues the periodic reports of the last issues.

The following provides an overview of court verdicts in EPPO cases in the various participating EU Member States, as far as reported by the EPPO. It covers the period from 1 January to 30 April 2023.

German criminal courts handed down first judgments in a major EPPO case that dismantled a VAT carousel fraud ring involving luxury cars. This scheme was investigated since 2021 by the EPPO in Germany, and is estimated to have caused losses of at least €13 million.