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22 May 2023|PRESS RELEASE
iSpoof, a website that allowed criminals to impersonate trusted corporations, was taken down in November 2022 in an international joint action that led to 142 arrests. The main administrator of the website has now been sentenced to 13 years and 4 months of imprisonment by Southwark Crown Court in...
26 April 2023|PRESS RELEASE
Supported by Eurojust, judicial and law enforcement authorities in Romania and Ireland have taken action against an organised crime group (OCG) involved in the trafficking of Romanian women for sexual exploitation, pimping, trafficking of high-risk drugs and money laundering. During a joint action...
21 April 2023|PRESS RELEASE
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Romania, Ireland and the United Kingdom have dismantled a criminal network involved in trafficking and sexual exploitation of human beings, pimping and money laundering. During a joint action day, 12 suspects were charged. Eurojust provided support to set...
19 December 2022|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
This document analyses the process of requesting Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) in criminal matters from Irish authorities, particularly focusing on the gathering of electronic evidence. It provides information on the basis for cooperation, requirements for MLA requests, grounds for refusal and...
06 December 2022|PRESS RELEASE
With support of Eurojust, the authorities in Lithuania and the United Kingdom have arrested two suspects for involvement in large-scale drug trafficking in Northern Ireland. One of these suspects is the alleged ringleader of an organised crime group (OCG), which ran a cocaine trafficking network...
24 November 2022|PRESS RELEASE
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Europe, Australia, the United States, Ukraine and Canada have taken down a website that allowed fraudsters to impersonate trusted corporations or contacts to access sensitive information from victims, a type of cybercrime known as ‘spoofing’. The website...
15 September 2022|NEWS
Ms Tricia Harkin was appointed Eurojust National Member for Ireland in September 2022. She replaces Mr Frank Cassidy, who has been the National Member since 2014. Mr Cassidy will remain at Eurojust as Deputy National Member until November.
11 August 2021|PRESS RELEASE
An online scam involving the sale of protective materials against COVID-19, such as facemasks, has been halted with the support of Eurojust. During a joint action day conducted on 10 August, 34 searches took place across Romania, Ireland and the Netherlands. In total, 23 suspects were charged, of...
01 May 2021|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
An organised crime group (OCG) involving at least 20 individuals, led by a Lithuanian national, had been operating a complex transport and distribution network since 2015, selling heroin in Ireland and the UK.
|LAST UPDATE:26 June 2024|AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) interpreted in its case-law the notion of ‘issuing judicial authority’ under Article 6(1) of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and the surrender procedures between the Member States (EAW FD). In 2019, the CJEU clarified in several...
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