Fighting the criminal networks responsible for smuggling migrants across Europe remains one of the top priorities for the European Union, its Member States and Eurojust. The renewed EU action plan against migrant smuggling (2021-2025) enhances Eurojust’s prominent role, and reinforces the need for...

Eurojust has supported the Dutch and Hungarian authorities in dismantling a people smuggling network. During an action day, the Dutch authorities arrested two suspects, who organised the transfer of irregular Syrian migrants from the Hungarian-Serbian border into the European Union. The suspects...

A total of 12 individuals wreaking havoc across the world with ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure have been targeted as the result of a law enforcement and judicial operation involving eight countries. These attacks are believed to have affected over 1 800 victims in 71 countries...

EU Member States and South Partner Countries (SPCs) have agreed to set up the EuroMed network of contact points to increase cross-border judicial cooperation (EMJNet). The network is based on the existing directory of the EuroMed Justice (EMJ) programme and will start operating on a voluntary basis...

Eurojust President Mr Ladislav Hamran and Albanian Prosecutor General Mr Olsian Çela opened the Office of the Liaison Prosecutor for Albania at the Agency today. The opening follows the start of Ms Fatjona Memcaj as the first Albanian Liaison Prosecutor at Eurojust in January of this year.

With Eurojust’s support, authorities in Germany, Georgia and Israel have dismantled a criminal network operating various online trading platforms, defrauding victims of at least tens of millions of euros. During a series of actions in Georgia and Israel last week, 11 suspects were arrested, and real...

Police forces across the world have arrested 150 alleged suspects involved in buying or selling illicit goods on the dark web as part of a coordinated international operation involving nine countries. More than EUR 26.7 million (USD 31 million) in cash and virtual currencies have been seized in this...

The European Union agencies active in the field of justice and home affairs have presented the first full overview of actions to help victims of trafficking in human beings. The main operational activities are listed in a joint report of the Justice and Home Affairs agencies' network (JHAAN)...

Prosecutors General and directors of public prosecutions from the European Union will gather today and tomorrow at Eurojust for the first time in two years for their 15th Consultative Forum. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the organisation of the Forum was not possible in 2020. The digitalisation of...

With organised crime increasingly operating on a global scale, the number of joint investigation teams (JITs) with third countries is growing rapidly. Up to September of this year, 78 JITs with countries outside the European Union were set up or continued their work from previous years. During the...