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On 21 January 2026, Europol and its partners published a joint report entitled "Prioritising Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Activities in Financial Services". The report offers financial institutions a structured, risk-based approach to preparing for the transition to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). This involves using encryption methods that …

On 24 March 2026, Europol launched the European Centre Against Migrant Smuggling (ECAMS) as part of the implementation of the new Pact on Migration and Asylum. The centre is intended to consolidate and strengthen existing Europol capabilities, leading to a more integrated, operationally focused structure …

On 27 January 2026, Europol published a report entitled "Diversification in Maritime Cocaine Trafficking Modi Operandi". The report analyses the evolving tactics used by criminal networks to traffic cocaine into Europe via maritime routes. Setting the scene: The expansion of coca cultivation and increased efficiency …

On 4 March 2026, the European Commission adopted a new EU Industrial Maritime Strategy and an EU Ports Strategy aimed at strengthening competitiveness, sustainability, and security across the maritime sector.The Industrial Maritime Strategy focuses on reinforcing Europe’s global leadership in shipbuilding and shipping through …

On 23 April 2026, the ECJ held in Case C-528/24 (Boothnesse) that a possible infringement of the speciality rule - a basic concept in extradition law - by the issuing State does not constitute, in itself, a ground for the executing judicial authority to refuse the execution of an extradition arrest warrant.