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PRESS RELEASE
… The Hague, 06 September 2019 Eurojust helped national authorities from Slovakia, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands to bring down a Slovak organised crime group (OCG) involved in cross-border trafficking in human beings (THB) for labour … Eurojust's active support, European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) and European Investigation Orders (EIOs) were swiftly issued and executed. The crimes of the gang were committed between 2008 and 2017 in the Slovakian regions of Preov and Koice and on UK territory. In 2015, the UK National … for forced labour. They were permanently employed, with bogus work contracts, in Chinese restaurants and car wash facilities under harsh working conditions: 12 to 14 hours per day, 6 days per week. The victims allegedly received a salary of at least £400 per week. The criminals appropriated … read more
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Eurojust supports action by Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania against steroid trafficking network
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… The criminal network was mainly comprised of Czech and Slovak nationals and was active in several countries. They coordinated their illegal activities from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, … cars, communication equipment, real estate and cash were seized. Investigations into the network by the Czech police started in 2019 and were supported by Eurojust, the Agency setting up a joint investigation team (JIT) between Czech, Slovak and Hungarian authorities with analytical … read more
relevance: 93.67264
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… The suspects allegedly bought and sold waste metal since 2015, which is illegal according to EU legislation. They produced false certificates and invoices, pretending the waste was scrap metal, which is allowed for trade if declarations of conformity are provided. These declarations are necessary to trace the scrap metal to its origins. The fraud led to estimated illegal profits … involved abnormal amounts of money. The anti-mafia district directorate of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) of Turin and Economic and Financial Police Unit subsequently unravelled the large-scale fraud with documents and invoices. Eurojust coordinated the organisation of the … read more
relevance: 90.71415
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… 21 October 2019 Authorities in Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, with the active assistance of Eurojust and Europol, have taken action against an elaborate tax fraud scam by a Hungarian-led, … The companies issuing fake invoices were on paper also directed by managers of foreign origin. Eurojust set up a coordination centre to support the action days, and assisted in providing European Investigation Orders (EIOs) to facilitate the Hungarian investigation. In September of … read more
relevance: 87.571785
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… With the support of Eurojust, authorities in France, Slovakia, Poland and Ukraine have dismantled a criminal network, which sold large quantities of … in Poland and Ukraine and thousands of Euros in cash were also seized. The estimated profits for the organised criminal group (OCG) amounted to approximately 2 million Euro. The OCG operated from Slovakia and was active in the wholesale import of anabolic steroids from China and other … read more
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… 23 October 2019 The Hungarian, German, Austrian, Slovakian and Latvian authorities, with the support of Eurojust and Europol, have this month undertaken a successful four-day operation against large-scale VAT fraud involving the sale of … read more
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DOCUMENT
… Updated Questionnaire and Compilation on the Requirements for Issuing and Executing Judicial Authorities in EAW Proceedings pursuant to the CJEU’s Case-Law Revised on … judgment, the German Presidency of the Council and the Commission collected information on the situation within all Member States relating to the conditions set out by the CJEU (Council doc. 13820/20). In December 2020, the German Presidency, in liaison with Eurojust, the EJN, the … conclusions and the links to these judgments are included below. This overview does not include the judgments in which the CJEU interpreted the terms ‘issuing judicial authority’ and ‘EAW’ in relation to EAWs issued by a police service9 or a Ministry of Justice.10 It also does not include … read more
relevance: 25.726265
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PRESS RELEASE
… 18 April 2018 Today in a coordination meeting organised by Eurojust, the Slovak prosecutors advanced their investigations into the murder of the Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kunírová in Slovakia in February 2018, thanks to the contribution of the Italian authorities. Eurojust has taken the … investigative work, and hopefully bring to justice the authors of such a massacre in a more expeditious manner. Eurojust and Europol will provide financial and logistical support to these activities. Ladislav Hamran, President of Eurojust and National Member for Slovakia at Eurojust, said: … read more
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… International coordination led by Eurojust The Hague, 1 July 2020 In an operation in Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia, coordinated by Eurojust and supported by Europol, Hungarian authorities have arrested two leaders of an organised crime group responsible for massive VAT fraud with the sale of sugar and cooking oil imported from EU member states. In all, 33 … read more
relevance: 25.523983
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PUBLICATION
… 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 judgments the requirements under which public prosecutors can be regarded as ‘issuing judicial authority’ for the purposes of the EAW FD. This case-law raised many questions regarding the legal … read more
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