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30 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Co-hosted by Eurojust and the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the event brought together high-level experts in environmental law. The objective was to trace the evolution of the fight against environmental crime within the EU, as well as to consider future prospects in this...
29 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
In a coordinated operation against large-scale call centre fraud and money laundering, the authorities in Latvia and Lithuania have detained 108 persons (80 in Latvia and 28 in Lithuania) with support from Eurojust and Europol. During two action days taking place last week, hundreds of law...
28 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust supported the setting up of a joint investigation team (JIT) into alleged core international crimes committed in Ukraine. The responsible national authorities of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine signed a JIT agreement on 25 March to enable the exchange of information and facilitate...
28 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities from France, Germany and Luxemburg carried out extensive measures to freeze EUR 120 million worth of assets linked to the investigation of a money laundering case in Lebanon, during an action day on 25 March. Five properties in Germany and France were seized as well as several bank...
24 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Eurojust has today hosted a special meeting of EU Ministers of Justice, organised together with the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, to discuss the role of the Agency in coordinating investigations into war crimes, crimes against humanity and other core international crimes...
23 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
With overnight support from Eurojust, the alleged suspect of the murder of the well-known Argentinian rugby player, Federico Martin Aramburu, was arrested early this morning in Hungary. The Agency enabled the rapid execution of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW), before the end of the legal preventive...
23 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Authorities in France and Romania have taken decisive action against a criminal network that exploited female victims for sexual purposes in France and several other European Union Member States using the so-called ‘lover-boy method’. During a joint action day, five European Arrests Warrants (EAWs)...
14 March 2022|NEWS
EuroMed Justice, the National Institute of Magistracy in Bucharest and the Belgian Judicial Training Institute have co-hosted a round table to share practices on the development of curricula on international judicial cooperation in criminal matters. The event, organised under the EuroMed Justice...
10 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
With the active support of Eurojust, a simultaneous operation led by the Romanian authorities took place today in Romania, Germany and the United Kingdom targeting an organised criminal group (OCG) accused of pimping, human trafficking, blackmail, usury and money laundering. Twenty-two suspects were...
09 March 2022|PRESS RELEASE
During an action day, 11 suspects were arrested in Romania, Belgium and Austria, accused of stealing at least EUR 420 000 using cloned fuel cards in Belgium. In Romania, a total of 115 law enforcement officers from different units were deployed, including those specialising in combating organised...