Estonia

The Estonian Desk is headed by Piret Paukštys, who is the National Member for Estonia since March 2023.

In 2025, the Estonian Desk was involved in 121 new cases, 30 coordination meetings and 22 joint investigation teams.

National Member

Piret Paukštys was appointed National Member for Estonia in March 2023. Ms Paukštys joined the Office of the Estonian Prosecutor General in 1999, where she worked at the Appeal and Supreme Court levels. From 2004 until 2017, she specialised in the prosecution of economic, financial and cybercrime cases, such as tax crimes, money laundering and market manipulation.

Since 2017, Ms Paukštys has been dealing with international cooperation matters, including the handling of European Arrest Warrants, European Investigation Orders and Mutual Legal Assistance requests. She has actively participated in the work of nine joint investigation teams supported by Eurojust.

Ms Paukštys graduated in law from the University of Tartu in 1995. Before joining the Office of the Prosecutor General, she worked as a public prosecutor in Tartu and as a lawyer for the local governments of Tartu and Viljandi. She also worked for a private law firm between 1998 and 1999.

Assistant to the National Member

Ms Mari Vunk is Assistant to the National Member for Estonia since February 2024.

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Casework

	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
New cases (total) - of which initiating - of which participating	71 38 33	77 38 39	111 48 63	115 48 67	117 53 64	105 35 70	121 48 73
Coordination meetings (initiating and/or participating)	13	15	13	15	27	22	30
Coordination centres (organising and/or participating)	-	-	-	1	2	3	0
Joint investigation teams (newly signed and/or ongoing)	15	8	9	8	11	19	22

Over 100 searches and four arrests in Latvia, Germany, France, Italy and Malta against financial institution involved in money laundering

21 February 2024|PRESS RELEASE

Eurojust supports international operation against tax evasion through sham contracts

09 November 2023|PRESS RELEASE

Crackdown on a Lithuanian criminal network involved in large-scale food fraud and tax evasion

31 May 2023|PRESS RELEASE

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Takedown of criminal group selling fake medicines and supplements to mislead seriously ill victims

Joint investigation team continues work with added focus on illegal transfer of Ukrainian children

Decisive action against various online scams in Austria and Latvia: seven arrests

Hacktivist group responsible for cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in Europe taken down

Over 6 million illegally exported pills seized in international operation against drug trafficking network

Crackdown on criminal network that stole 170 historical books worth EUR 2.5 million across Europe

Eurojust helps tackle massive fraud of EUR 645 million with medicinal cannabis plants across Europe

Over 100 searches and four arrests in Latvia, Germany, France, Italy and Malta against financial institution involved in money laundering

Eurojust supports international operation against tax evasion through sham contracts

Crackdown on a Lithuanian criminal network involved in large-scale food fraud and tax evasion

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Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Dominican Republic

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Paraguay

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Korea

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Public Prosecution Office of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Peru

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Ecuador

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Costa Rica

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Chile

Working Arrangement between Eurojust and the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

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