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Convictions in UK for Slovak gang behind modern slavery case

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The OCG members recruited more than 60 underprivileged fellow countrymen for work in the UK, promising weekly salaries of over EUR 400. In reality, the victims were forced to work up to 14 hours a day, six days per week, and receiving very little payment... read more

Updated Questionnaire and Compilation on the Requirements for Issuing and Executing Judicial Authorities in EAW Proceedings pursuant to the CJEU’s Case-Law

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Practical guidance for judicial practitioners on cooperation with the United Kingdom

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The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) brings in, among other things, new provisions concerning judicial cooperation in criminal matters. With the transition from the ‘old’ regime to the ‘new’ regime likely to raise questions among practitioners, the Agency has prepared the note, which was approved... read more

World’s most dangerous malware EMOTET disrupted through global action

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This operation is the result of a collaborative effort between authorities in the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Lithuania, Canada and Ukraine, with international activity coordinated by Europol and Eurojust. This operation was carried out in the framework of the European... read more

Updated Questionnaire and Compilation on the Requirements for Issuing and Executing Judicial Authorities in EAW Proceedings pursuant to the CJEU’s Case-Law

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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... read more

Eurojust supports action against fuel tax fraud in Germany and 10 other countries

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Operating from Hamburg, between 2018 and last year the suspects of German, Russian and Polish origin ran a company that, on the surface, sold solvents and anti-corrosion agents or liquids. These products are exempt from energy taxation under German law. In reality, the products contained... read more

#JusticeDone: Eight men guilty in Essex lorry case which led to the deaths of 39 migrants

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According to the judgment, two men, one of whom drove the lorry from northern Europe to the Belgian port of Zeebrugge, were found guilty today of 39 counts of manslaughter and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. Two other men had already admitted the same offences... read more

Twelve arrested for smuggling migrants in small boats across the English channel

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Spanning several days starting from 28 September, the action involved law enforcement officers from the Belgian Federal Police, the British Home Office Immigration Enforcement, the Dutch Royal Marechaussée and, in France, the BMR (Brigade Mobile de Recherche) of Coquelle and OCRIEST (Office central de répression... read more

#JusticeDone: Rare books recovered in Romania in €2 million London warehouse heist investigation

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This discovery is the result of an international cooperation between judicial and law enforcement authorities in the United Kingdom (Metropolitan Police Service), Italy (Italian Carabinieri - Arma dei Carabinieri) and Romania (Directorate for Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism Central Office and Romanian National Police... read more

Rapid action via Eurojust leads to arrest of 10 human traffickers

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The Hague, 18 May 2020 With a rapid intervention via Eurojust, 10 suspects of human trafficking have been arrested and five others placed under judicial control by the Romanian authorities. Two female victims were brought to safety, one of whom was under immediate threat from... read more