Judicial authorities in EU Member States are increasingly turning to Eurojust for expertise and assistance in the execution of European Arrest Warrants (EAWs). Between 2017 and 2020, the number of demands more than doubled to 2 235, compared to the period 2013 to 2016.

Slovenia will start discussions on its justice agenda for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union with the first physical meeting of the Standing Committee on Operational Cooperation on Internal Security (COSI) in one-and-a half-years’ time. Eurojust Vice-President Mr Boštjan Škrlec will...

In a major operation, coordinated via Eurojust, 38 suspects belonging to a large-scale drug smuggling network have been arrested by the authorities in Italy, Albania, Montenegro and Spain. Amongst the arrested persons are representatives of the Albanian law enforcement and judiciary, suspected of...

Online investment fraud is sharply rising, with Eurojust taking on three times as many cases over the past five years. To prevent investors and savers from further losing large sums of money via online scams, prosecutors are encouraged to quickly start freezing the bank accounts of the criminal...

To highlight the main obstacles encountered in judicial investigations into the use of encrypted communications by criminal networks, Eurojust presents casework experiences and a summary of recent legislative developments in EU Member States in this field. The third joint report of the Observatory...

A joint investigation team (JIT) of the Italian and Romanian authorities, with the support of Eurojust, has taken new action against a criminal network which exploited female victims for street prostitution in northern Italy. During an action day, eight suspects were arrested in both countries...

This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities in Europe, the US and Canada have seized the web domains and server infrastructure of DoubleVPN. This is a virtual private network (VPN) service which provided a safe haven for cybercriminals to attack their victims.

As I said at the beginning of the Portuguese Presidency, strengthening the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights, and responding effectively to serious crime with a transnational dimension, are essential for Europe to be an area in which people feel free, safe and protected.

As a result of a joint cybercrime investigation supported by Eurojust, Romanian and Dutch authorities have arrested two suspects in Romania who were allegedly involved in large-scale online fraud in the housing market in the Netherlands since 2015. The suspects posted fake advertisements for...

Serbia has considerably increased judicial cooperation with EU Member States in the first year since the appointment of the Serbian Liaison Prosecutor at Eurojust. The total number of newly registered cases with Serbian involvement at the Agency rose by 62.5% in 2020. Today, during the first...