Mr Christopher Williams has this week taken up his duties as new Liaison Prosecutor (LP) for the United Kingdom (UK) at Eurojust. He replaces Ms Samantha Shallow, who was previously National Member and later LP for the UK at the Agency. Mr Williams is a senior legal expert with long-standing...

Ministers in charge of security matters from Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama and the Dominican Republic visited Eurojust today to discuss cooperation in the fight against serious organised crime. These countries are members of CLASI, a Committee to coordinate public...

Eurojust supported 10 105 cross-border criminal investigations in 2021, reaching the highest number of cases since operations began 20 years ago. This important milestone of more than 10 000 cases represents an almost 50-fold increase compared with 2002. Despite the continuing pandemic restrictions...

Eurojust has, for the first time, supported the setting up of a joint investigation team (JIT) with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). This was done at the request of the EPPO and the Swedish authorities, in order to investigate a major case of VAT fraud. The JIT is the first ever to...

Eurojust supported the Romanian and Italian authorities in an investigation that concluded with the indictment of five Italian citizens accused of defrauding the EU of at least EUR 800 000 worth of EU agricultural funds. The fraudsters and four companies they set up first face trial in Romania. A...

An estimated 15 % of EU citizens (about 75 million people) fall victim to crime every year. The complexity of cross-border crimes makes it more difficult for judicial authorities to protect victims’ rights. The early involvement of Eurojust can help overcome these difficulties. Published today...

In light of the upcoming 20 years jubilee of Eurojust, the French Ministry of Justice today organised a high-level conference on cross-border criminal justice cooperation. The event focused on the role the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) plays in countering terrorism and how to guarantee a good...

An international operation involving judicial and law enforcement authorities in seven countries has resulted in the takedown of one of Europe's most active Albanian-speaking cocaine trafficking networks in Europe. Today, Eurojust and Europol supported a series of actions carried out in Belgium and...

The EuroMed Justice Programme (EMJ) has organised a workshop between Belgian and Lebanese authorities on the international exchange of information for the detection and recovery of criminal assets. The activity was held in Brussels on 1-3 February using the new Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)...

Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Bulgaria, supported by Europol and Eurojust, have taken down a network of online investment fraudsters involved in money laundering. On the action day on 26 January, officers from the Bulgarian National Police arrested one suspect for defrauding mainly...