1. The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Network of Contact Points for the investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (hereinafter referred as the ‘Network’) reiterated the importance of the Network as a forum for practitioners to...

The 15th Annual Meeting of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) - organised by the JITs Network Secretariat in close cooperation with Eurojust and Europol - took place at Eurojust in The Hague on 5-6 June 2019. The two-day meeting brought together experts from Member States, newly...

The aim of this report is to assist practitioners, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN) in determining whether a particular case should, in the interest of efficiency and prevention of duplication of work, be directed to Eurojust or the EJN. The report constitutes an assessment of the...

1. The Consultative Forum acknowledges the increasing and global threat represented by cybercrime and the specific challenges encountered in cybercrime investigations as well as their impact on cross-border investigations and prosecutions. These challenges are illustrated by new technology-based...

‘Operation Pollino’: Large-scale coordinated action by judicial and law enforcement authorities in Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands

Information and evidence sharing between judicial authorities of EU Member States is crucial to effectively investigate cross-border criminal cases. Based on a note presented by Eurojust, Member States discussion in the Council has acknowledged the need to further enable information exchange under...

Denmark has been a Member of Eurojust since 2002, when the EU’s Judicial Cooperation Unit was founded. It had a full national Desk with a National Member and a National Desk Assistant and was part of Eurojust’s College, comprised of the National Members of the 28 EU Member States. For the period 1...

Article 16 of the Council Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedure between Member States (EAW FD, 2002/584/JHA) regulates the decision-making process for the competent authority of the executing Member State that receives multiple requests for surrender/...

Ever since its establishment in 1998, the European Judicial Network has functioned as an essential instrument for facilitating international judicial cooperation in criminal matters, resulting in more than 14,000 cases over the last two years of reporting. The success of the EJN is based on a...