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On 16 December 2025, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission expressing concerns over amendments to the Slovak law on whistle-blower protection. The amendments had just been proposed by the government of the Slovak Republic and were scheduled to be adopted …

The Academy of European Law (ERA), together with partners, has released a set of free training materials aimed at strengthening defence lawyers’ capacity to handle cross-border criminal cases across Europe. The resources are openly accessible online and are part of the “European Criminal …

On 8 December 2025, Europol’s Innovation Lab published a report providing an in-depth analysis of how unmanned systems may reshape society, criminal activity, and law enforcement.

On 16 December 2025, the Council adopted a Decision formally opening the way for negotiations on a comprehensive framework agreement between the EU and the United States of America on the exchange of information for security screenings and identity verifications related to border procedures and visa applications.

At the beginning of December 2025, Frontex published a new report examining how Earth Observation (EO) technologies can support national authorities managing the EU’s external borders. It also deals with the use of EO technologies to monitor cross-border crime.

The webinar for lawyer will explain how EU sanctions work and how lawyers, bar associations and law societies deal with EU sanctions.

This webinar provides a structured overview of how European and international legal frameworks safeguard children’s rights in the digital environment. It examines the interaction between the GDPR, DSA, AI Act, ECHR and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, with particular attention to consent, parental controls, age-appropriate design and the “best interests of the child”.

Dear Readers, In 1997, a group of researchers called upon by the European Commission presented guidelines for the improvement of the criminal law protection of the financial interests of the European Union. In addition to proposals for substantive-legal models, the draft − which was published in its final version as “Corpus Juris” in 2000 − contained a proposal for the establishment of an independent and decentrally organised European Public Prosecutor. As a member of the above-mentioned research group, I was glad to witness the shift from initial scepticism and widespread criticism of this bold and progressive idea by representatives of…

A large-scale international law enforcement operation, executed in two coordinated phases in October and November 2025, has dismantled the core infrastructure of a cryptocurrency fraud and money-laundering network that processed more than €700 million in illicit funds. The operation was supported and coordinated at …