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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), operational since 1 June 2021, has not just been established to bring the perpetrators of EU fraud to justice but also to help recover the criminal profits they have acquired in the process. Thus, its raison d’être not only …

In an opinion on the Commission's proposal on asset recovery and confiscation from May 2022, the EDPS welcomed the commitments to data protection, but stressed that further efforts are needed to achieve compliance with the EU's data protection legislation.

On 13 July 2022, the Commission presented its third EU-wide Report on the Rule of Law. the Commission recognized that Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and its people constituted a direct challenge to EU values and the rule-based world order. It includes an overview of the trends in the EU as a whole and 27 country chapters looking at developments in every Member State since July 2021.

On 14 July 2022, the Commission welcomed the political agreement reached by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the 2030 Policy Programme "Path to the Digital Decade". The aim of this programme is to set up a monitoring and cooperation mechanism …

Der Einsatz von intelligenten Big-Data-Technologien in der Gefahrenabwehr und Strafverfolgung wird die Polizeiarbeit revolutionieren. Neben einem erheblichen Verbesserungspotential wirft dies aber auch rechtliche, kriminologische und gesellschaftspolitische Fragen auf, denn im Zentrum dieser neuen Technologien steht die automatische Datenanalyse.

The University of Saint-Louis, in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, will co-organise a Conference on recent Belgian Data Retention legislation.

This online conference will introduce the Artificial Intelligence Act adopted by the European Commission in April 2021 and will discuss its implications in the main sectors of the digital economy.

This hybrid conference will bring legal and policy practitioners up to date by providing an overview of the latest policy developments, legislative initiatives and case law in the field of hate speech and other illegal online content, with a focus on the EU Proposal for a Digital Services Act (DSA), reforming the existing EU e-commerce legal framework.

On 25 July 2022, the Commission presented the first report on the evaluation and review of Directive 2016/680. According to the report, the LED has generally been transposed in a satisfactory manner, but a number of issues have been identified. It has significantly contributed to a more harmonised and higher level of protection of individuals’ rights and a more coherent legal framework for competent authorities.

The European Commission and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) have a joint interest in effectively fighting, and mitigating the effects of, crimes against the EU’s financial interests. In 2021, they concluded an agreement to translate this mutual interest into concrete cooperation measures. Their cooperation …