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With a view to strengthening the EU’s information exchange in the field of counter-terrorism, Eurojust published a new edition of its Memorandum on Battlefield Evidence in September 2020. The Memorandum outlines present-day possibilities of and experiences with using battlefield evidence in criminal proceedings in EU …

On 22 September 2020, on the occasion of the High-Level Conference on the EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights, Eurojust announced that it would join the newly created Victims’ Rights Platform. The platform is the first measure created under the first EU Strategy on Victims’ Rights …

On 5 August 2020, Europol published a new report looking into the involvement of organised crime groups in sports corruption. The report analyses the following:The link between sports corruption and organised crime;The characteristics, structure, and modus operandi of criminal networks;The different …

On 5 October 2020, Europol published its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2020. The report details the latest developments with regard to cross-cutting crime facilitators and challenges to criminal investigations, cyber-dependent crime, child sexual exploitation online, payment fraud, and criminal abuse via the …

On 2 September 2020, the representatives of the Member States appointed Mr. Athanasios Rantos as Advocate General at the Court of Justice for the period from 7 September 2020 to 6 October 2021. Before joining the CJEU, Mr. Rantos was president of the Supreme Council …

In the course of September and October 2020, two new Judges took office at the CJEU.Ms Ineta Ziemele will serve as judge at the Court of Justice for the period from 7 September 2020 to 6 October 2024. Before joining the Court of …

The online seminar will explore recent jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the EU in the area of the rule of law. During several sessions the most important and groundbreaking judgments will be analysed, including the arguments of the parties and the reasoning of the Court.

This article analyses and comments on the opinion of the Advocate General and the ECJ judgment in case C-268/17 (European arrest warrant against AY). Interestingly, the case has remained somewhat unnoticed, the literature on it being scarce. However, it addresses some quite appealing issues. First, …