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4.2. Coordination meetings and centres

Eurojust offers national authorities coordination meetings and coordination centres as dedicated and unique tools for achieving successful prosecutions and ensuring justice is done.

In cross-border investigations, Eurojust organises coordination meetings to bring together the judicial and law enforcement authorities of the involved countries. The meeting provides an opportunity to share information and agree on the methods of cooperation and next steps for coordinating investigations and prosecutions. This can include supporting the execution of mutual recognition instruments or mutual legal assistance requests, setting up joint investigation teams or planning a joint action day.

Coordination meetings are held at Eurojust's premises or via secure videoconferencing, and are fully supported by Eurojust's expertise, budget (e.g. funding for travel costs) and infrastructure, making the resolution of legal and practical issues easier.

 
Eurojust coordination meetings and centres 2020-2025

The number of coordination meetings facilitated by Eurojust each year has increased steadily over the past 5 years, with a total of 653 coordination meetings organised in 2025. Economic crimes accounted for the highest number of coordination meetings (258), followed by drug trafficking (119) and cybercrime (102).

Coordination centres enable real-time monitoring of joint action days targeting criminal organisations, during which arrests, searches, interviews of suspects and witnesses, seizures of evidence and freezing of assets are executed in several countries simultaneously. The centres are set up in dedicated rooms equipped with state-of-the-art technology and virtually via videoconferencing to ensure swift judicial coordination and the exchange of information and evidence between all involved national authorities in a secure environment.

Sixteen coordination centres were set up at Eurojust in 2025, half of them tackling economic crimes. This number fluctuates every year as the need for coordination centres depends on the maturity of cases and operational constraints.

Crime types

Coordination meetings

Coordination centres

Economic crimes

258

8

Drug trafficking

119

3

Cybercrime

102

3

Trafficking in human beings

53

-

Mobile organised crime groups

47

1

Terrorism

37

1

Migrant smuggling

30

-

Core international crimes

17

-

Environmental crime

7

-

Intellectual property crime

5

-

Coordination meetings and centres in 2025 by crime type

The data contained in this table were extracted from Eurojust's case management system on 17 January 2026. Due to the ongoing nature of cases, possible discrepancies with previously reported numbers may exist, and statistics may be updated in the future.

As a coordination meeting/centre may deal with more than one crime type, the total number of coordination meetings and centres cannot be calculated by adding up the numbers in this table.

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