Witness protection and support in core international crimes and universal jurisdiction cases within international and national jurisdictions. Challenges encountered in witness protection for core international crimes (pre, post and during trial) Necessity to safeguard the safety and security of...

Increasingly, drug trafficking investigations and prosecutions in the European Union have links to non-EU countries and practitioners see the need and opportunity to collaborate with these countries at the judicial level. Based on the practical experience of Liaison Prosecutors posted to Eurojust...

On 8 and 9 November 2023, Eurojust hosted its seventh Annual Meeting on Migrant Smuggling, also a meeting of the Focus Group of prosecutors and investigative judges on migrant smuggling. In 2023, the participants discussed legislative initiatives combatting migrant smuggling by the European...

The 2023 Eurojust Meeting on Counter-Terrorism focused on the amendments to the Eurojust Regulation concerning digital information exchange in terrorism cases and the European Judicial Counter-Terrorism Register, victims’ rights, including the work of Eurojust in the framework of victims’ rights and...

The Digital Services Act (DSA) is a new EU legislative act protecting the digital space against the spread of illegal content and at the same time ensure the protection of users’ fundamental rights by creating a safe and trusted online environment. The DSA, which came into force in February 2024 is...

Just three weeks following the full-scale invasion by Russia in 2022, Eurojust supported the establishment of a JIT on alleged core international crimes committed in Ukraine. On 29 February 2024, the JIT agreement was prolonged for two more years. In-between, Eurojust and its partners set up a...

This flyer describes the growing use of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the art world. These unique identifiers recorded on blockchain are used to verify the ownership and authenticity of a work of art. While the use of NFTs by artists is increasing, so is the risk of criminal actions related with...

This factsheet, developed by the JITs Network Secretariat and the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, presents the ways in which the International Criminal Court may be involved in joint investigation teams, the benefits of their involvement, and the support that Eurojust...

To support the work of the Focus Group on Migrant Smuggling and all practitioners, Eurojust collected definitions of the criminal offences migrant smuggling or facilitation of irregular migration from EU Member States. Information for this document was provided by the members of the Focus Group on...

This report centers on copyright infringements in the online environment and aims to provide an overview of various national approaches to criminalisation in EU Member States. It presents the minimum standards for the criminalisation of copyright infringements set by major international treaties and...