In this issue: 1. Freezing and confiscation of the proceeds of crime – the main issues 2. Definitions 3. Legal framework 4. Eurojust’s work in this area 5. European efforts 6. NCB confiscation: If not, why not? 7. Interviews with: - Ms Jill Thomas, - Dr Nicola Selvaggi, - Mr Leif Görts, - Mr Filippo...

What is a JIT? A joint investigation team (JIT) is a team consisting of judges, prosecutors and law enforcement authorities of several States, established for a fixed period and a specific purpose by way of a written agreement, to carry out criminal investigations in one or more of the involved...

Through this funding programme, Eurojust intends to promote the setting up of JITs by reducing the impact on national budgets of costs incurred due to the transnational dimension of the case.

The strategic seminar ‘Conflicts of Jurisdiction, Transfer of Proceedings and Ne Bis in Idem: Successes, Shortcomings and Solutions’, jointly organised by Eurojust and the Latvian Presidency of the EU, took place on 4 June 2015. The seminar was organised in combination with the 9th Meeting of the...

This report concerns Eurojust’s experience in the field of the prevention and resolution of conflicts of jurisdiction, in particular, in the period from 2009 to 2014. The report is based on Eurojust’s casework, seminars organised or co-organised by Eurojust and contributions made by Eurojust. The...

BlackShades was an organisation developing and selling malicious software (malware) that enabled buyers to infect computers and remotely take over and control the operations of the infected computers, and perform distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) cyber-attacks, among other things. An FBI...

This Issue in focus provided brief background information for the discussions during Workshop No. 1 “Cross-border controlled deliveries from a judicial perspective” in the context of the strategic meeting on drug trafficking held by Eurojust on 29 and 30 September 2014. Following a short explanation...