On 4 December, Mr Ladislav Hamran (President of Eurojust) informed the EU’s Justice and Home Affairs Council on the latest developments at Eurojust on working towards accountability for Russian war crimes in Ukraine. Ministers were updated on the state of play of the Joint Investigation Team’s work...

Mr José Luis Ferreira Trindade has been appointed Eurojust National Member for Portugal as of 8 November 2023. He replaces Mr António Cluny who has been the National Member since 2014. Mr Ferreira Trindade has been serving as Deputy National Member for Portugal since September 2020. Prior to that...

Judicial and law enforcement authorities from seven different countries have joined forces in an action against a criminal network responsible for significant ransomware attacks across the world. These attacks are believed to have affected over 1,800 victims in 71 countries. The perpetrators...

The Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, a prolific phishing gang believed to have defrauded victims across Europe of tens of millions of euros. In Czechia alone, the damage caused by this criminal group is estimated at over EUR 8 million (CZK 195 000...

Authorities in Belgium and Greece have dismantled a network that was smuggling irregular migrants via Belgian airports to other European countries, including Norway. Mainly Iraqi migrants travelled from Greece to Charleroi and Brussels on falsified or stolen documents, paying at least between EUR 5...

The U.S. Department of State has announced that it will provide USD 1 million to the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA), established at Eurojust.

Eurojust and Europol have supported the competent authorities in Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Lithuania, Romania and Italy in an international operation against right-wing terrorism. During a joint action day, five suspects were apprehended and an additional seven others were interrogated. Furthermore...

Eurojust and the Attorney General of Nigeria, Mr Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, SAN, signed on 9 November a Working Arrangement to enable structured and closer cooperation in the fight against organised crime groups (OCGs). This paves the way for the establishment of a Contact Point for Eurojust in...

Eurojust has supported the competent authorities in Germany, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland in a coordinated action against a group of suspects allegedly involved in tax evasion through sham contracts with foreign subcontractors. During an operation on 10 October, 39 business premises and...

At the request of the Swiss authorities, Eurojust has coordinated several actions against an online fraud network in EU Member States, Georgia and Ukraine. This has led to searches and the freezing of bank accounts in over 20 countries.