2022 in figures

While Eurojust’s work in 2022 heavily focused on supporting Member States’ and partners’ judicial response to the war in Ukraine, the Agency continued to fully deliver on its mandate to fight all serious cross-border crimes.

Eurojust contributed to the arrest of more than 4 000 suspects, the seizure and or freezing of criminal assets worth almost EUR 3 billion and the seizure of drugs worth almost EUR 12 billion.

Reflecting the growing scale of the challenge, the cases dealt with by the Agency in 2022 involved more than triple the number of victims than in 2021. Moreover, compared to the previous year, more than double the number of cases used Eurojust’s support in drafting and executing European Arrest Warrants (EAWs).

These impressive operational results[1] could not have been possible without the transnational cooperation between judicial authorities facilitated by Eurojust, in close cooperation with all actors in the criminal justice chain.

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Casework increase

Eurojust’s casework continued to grow in 2022, with a 14% increase compared to the previous year. More than 5 000 new cases were opened in 2022, while more than 6 000 cases from previous years continued to receive legal, analytical, logistical and financial support from the Agency.

The high number of ongoing cases reflects the sustained assistance required over years by many of the increasingly complex investigations Eurojust supports.

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Overview of cases in 2022 involving Member State National Desks

Member State National Desk	Cases initiated by the National Desk				Participation in cases initiated by other Desks		Participation in joint activities/meetings
	New in 2022	Number of countries involved		Ongoing from previous years	New in 2022	Ongoing from previous years	Coord. meetings	JITs	Action days
	New in 2022	2	3 or more	Ongoing from previous years	New in 2022	Ongoing from previous years	Coord. meetings	JITs	Action days
Belgium	114	93	21	142	306	521	89	26	26
Bulgaria	129	123	6	96	180	287	18	6	2
Czech Republic	134	113	21	217	119	227	43	41	3
Germany	970	902	68	683	667	1039	152	53	6
Estonia	48	42	6	65	67	106	15	8	1
Ireland	35	32	3	135	103	187	30	7	0
Greece	193	191	2	666	112	189	8	3	0
Spain	337	295	42	240	541	876	79	9	8
France	285	174	111	614	996	974	128	43	6
Croatia	53	51	2	24	93	141	4	0	2
Italy	507	427	80	622	400	600	126	56	8
Cyprus	72	72	0	94	73	179	6	0	0
Latvia	53	41	12	75	71	137	46	14	4
Lithuania	98	84	14	90	227	242	69	16	1
Luxembourg	8	8	0	73	70	195	8	1	0
Hungary	252	219	33	307	171	297	27	19	2
Malta	27	23	4	54	74	181	7	0	1
Netherlands	147	132	15	243	435	672	81	17	6
Austria	202	183	19	197	208	286	29	10	1
Poland	260	240	20	256	340	565	76	30	2
Portugal	193	169	24	102	141	211	21	1	1
Romania	177	157	20	207	280	358	54	41	6
Slovenia	250	225	25	120	66	124	10	7	1
Slovakia	119	109	10	137	100	222	31	23	1
Finland	67	54	13	91	40	107	30	10	3
Sweden	166	141	25	321	96	191	56	24	1
Denmark	40	38	2	77	56	164	16	7	1
Total	4936	4338	598	5948	*	*	*	*	*

* These columns cannot be summed up, since more than one National Desk can be requested to participate in a single case, and coordination meetings and JITs are often co-organised.

[1] It should be noted that these outcomes were achieved also through cases that were opened before 2022 and were included in the reporting on operational outcomes in Eurojust’s 2021 Annual Report. The outcomes of these cases are included again for 2022 reporting purposes, since the cases were still ongoing.

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