Romanian, Czech and Hungarian authorities have worked together with Eurojust to capture an individual investigated for the crime of treason by way of transmitting state secrets on a continuous basis. The suspect had two meetings in 2024 and 2025 in Budapest, Hungary with intelligence officers from...

Prosecutor Ms Anikó Orosz has started her mandate at Eurojust as the new National Member for Hungary. She has been a member of the Hungarian Prosecution Service since 2003, specialising in cases involving the trafficking of human beings. At Eurojust, she will enable cooperation between the Hungarian...

Eurojust has supported the German and Dutch authorities in a coordinated action against an organised crime group (OCG) smuggling mainly Syrian migrants to Germany. In a joint operation, five suspects were arrested in Germany, the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since 2021, at least 500...

Nine members of a gang involved in stealing luxury watches were arrested this week in Italy, with the support of Eurojust. Through an exchange of information and evidence via the Agency, police forces across southern Italy were able to link the criminals to thefts in various Italian cities, as well...

Authorities in Romania and the United Kingdom have taken concerted action to block criminals who illegally withdrew cash from automated teller machines (ATMs) on a large scale. By using specialised computer programs and devices, the Romanian criminal network managed to steal an estimated EUR 580 000...

Following a successful major operation in November 2024 to uncover fake paintings, Eurojust has supported the Italian authorities with a new action to retrieve over one hundred false artworks worldwide. In this recent operation, 104 forged paintings of Picasso, Edvard Munch and Paul Klee were seized...

An organised crime group that took vulnerable women from Romania to the Netherlands for sexual exploitation has been halted thanks to a coordinated operation between Romanian and Dutch authorities, in collaboration with Eurojust. During an action day earlier this month, 13 suspects were arrested in...

Eurojust has assisted the authorities in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Latvia with the apprehension of the alleged perpetrator who was responsible for sending thousands of emails in September last year threatening schools with explosions. The mass threats, which were also sent to other...

Twelve countries, together with Eurojust and Europol took down the hacktivist group NoName057(16), which is responsible for multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks targeting critical infrastructure such as power suppliers and public transport across Europe. During an action day on 15...

With regards to Justice, Denmark will put a strong focus on combating serious cross-border and organised crime during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Denmark took over the Presidency of the Council from Poland, last week.