| AFSJ |
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| AG |
Advocate General |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| AML |
Anti-Money Laundering |
| AMLA |
European Union Anti-Money Laundering Authority |
| ARO(s) |
Asset Recovery Office(s) |
| BO |
Beneficial ownership |
| CASP |
Crypto-asset service provider |
| CBRN |
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear |
| CCBE |
Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe |
| CCJE |
Consultative Council of European Judges |
| CDPC |
European Committee on Crime Problems |
| CEPEJ |
European Commission on the Efficiency of Justice |
| CEPOL |
European Police College |
| CFR |
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union |
| CFT |
Countering Financing of Terrorism |
| CJEU |
Court of Justice of the European Union |
| CMS |
Case Management System |
| CoE |
Council of Europe |
| COREPER |
Committee of Permanent Representatives |
| COSI |
Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security |
| CTF |
Counter-Terrorism Financing |
| CVM |
Cooperation and Verification Mechanism |
| DAV |
Deutscher Anwaltverein (German Bar Association) |
| DG |
Directorate General |
| DPO |
Data Protection Officer |
| EASO |
European Asylum Support Office |
| EAW |
European Arrest Warrant |
| EBA |
European Banking Authority |
| ECA |
European Court of Auditors |
| ECB |
European Central Bank |
| ECBA |
European Criminal Bar Association |
| ECHR |
European Convention on Human Rights |
| ECRIS |
European Criminal Records Information System |
| ECtHR |
European Court of Human Rights |
| EDP |
European Delegated Prosecutor |
| EDPB |
European Data Protection Board |
| EDPS |
European Data Protection Supervisor |
| EEAS |
European External Action Service |
| EES |
Entry-Exit System |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EIO |
European Investigation Order |
| EJN |
European Judicial Network |
| EJTN |
European Judicial Training Network |
| EMCDDA |
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction |
| EMPACT |
European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats |
| EMSA |
European Maritime Safety Agency |
| ENISA |
European Network and Information Security Agency |
| EP |
European Parliament |
| EPO |
European Protection Order |
| EPPO |
European Public Prosecutor Office |
| EPRS |
European Parliamentary Research Service |
| ETIAS |
European Travel Information and Authorisation System |
| EU |
European Union |
| eu-LISA |
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice |
| Eurojust |
European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation |
| Europol |
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation |
| FCC |
(German) Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) |
| FD |
Framework Decision |
| FIU |
Financial Intelligence Unit |
| FRA |
European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights |
| Frontex |
European Border and Coast Guard Agency |
| GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) |
| GRECO |
Group of States against Corruption |
| GRETA |
Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings |
| HRC |
Higher Regional Court (Oberlandesgericht) |
| IBOAs |
Institutions, bodies, offices and agencies |
| ICC |
International Criminal Court |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technologies |
| ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia |
| Interpol |
International Criminal Police Organization |
| IP |
Intellectual Property |
| IPA |
Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance |
| JHA |
Justice and Home Affairs |
| JHAAN |
Justice and Home Affairs Agencies' Network |
| JIT |
Joint Investigation Team |
| LEA(s) |
Law enforcement authority (/authorities) |
| LIBE Committee |
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs |
| MEP |
Member of the European Parliament |
| ML |
Money laundering |
| MLA |
Mutual Legal Assistance |
| MONEYVAL |
Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MVTS |
Money or value transfer services |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| NPO |
Non-profit organisation |
| NRA |
National Risk Assessment |
| OCG |
Organised Crime Group |
| OJ |
Official Journal |
| OLAF |
Office Européen de Lutte Anti-Fraude (European Anti-Fraud Office) |
| PC(s) |
Permanent Chamber(s) [of the EPPO] |
| PEP |
Politically Exposed Person |
| PF |
Proliferation financing |
| PIF |
Protection des intérêts financiers (Protection of the financial interests) |
| PNR |
Passenger Name Record |
| PSP |
Payment service provider |
| PTEF(s) |
Person(s) with top executive functions |
| RRF |
Recovery and Resilience Facility |
| SIS |
Schengen Information System |
| SitCen |
Joint Situation Centre |
| STRs |
Suspicious Transaction Reports |
| TEU |
Treaty on European Union |
| TF |
Terrorism financing |
| TFEU |
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union |
| THB |
Trafficking in Human Beings |
| TOR |
Traditional own resources |
| VAT |
Value added tax |