This report provides a contextual overview regarding sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) perpetrated by ISIL members and advocates for characterising this type of violence within the spectrum of core international crimes. The European Union (EU) Member States may find this characterisation...

The Eurojust Annual Work Programme (AWP) 2016 was elaborated to implement the strategic goals related to operational work, strategic work and organisational development, through the Annual Objectives 2016. The Consolidated Annual Activity Report (CAAR) 2016 focuses on reporting on the implementation...

The meeting on illegal immigrant smuggling (the meeting), organised and hosted by Eurojust in The Hague, took place on 15 June 2017, under the auspices of the joint Presidencies of Malta and Estonia. The participants included practitioners from the Member States, Norway and the USA, as well as...

On 23 May 2017, representatives of Member States, the Commission, EU agencies, international tribunals, NGO’s, academics, and international organisations took part in the second annual EU Day against impunity for core international crimes. The event was organised by the Maltese Presidency of the...

The goal of this Handbook is to provide EU practitioners, in particular prosecutors and police authorities, with an overview of EU and international legislation applicable to CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) substances and Explosives and with a description of supranational...

Sixty years of European integration is a long period on which to reflect. Eurojust celebrates its 15th year of existence this year. In the field of criminal justice, major changes took place in less than two decades. Leif Görts, who is the National Member for Sweden at Eurojust and has been working...

The Terrorism Convictions Monitor (TCM) is intended to provide a regular overview of the terrorism-related developments throughout the EU area. Issue 28 of the TCM covers the period January – April 2017. It includes an overview of the concluded court proceedings in the reporting period, a selection...

This Report concerns Eurojust’s casework in the field of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) in the period 2014-2016. In this period, Eurojust continued to play a key role in improving the application of the EAW. The number of EAW cases registered at Eurojust has steadily increased, from 217 cases in...

Casework is at the core of Eurojust. Member States requested Eurojust’s assistance in 2 306 cases in 2016, representing an increase of four per cent compared to 2015. Judicial cooperation, coordination and the exchange of information between Eurojust, national competent authorities, JHA agencies and...

A German investigation into an OCG called Avalanche involved in malware, phishing and spam activities commenced in 2012, after a wave of encryption ransomware infected a substantial number of computer systems, blocking users’ access. The investigation exposed the existence of a highly sophisticated...