The present report has been drawn up in accordance with Article 63 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) (henceforth, “Eurojust Regulation” or “EJR”), replacing and...

In 2020, Eurojust has registered 13 % more cases compared to the year before, bringing the total to 8 800. The Agency’s efforts led to the arrest of 2 209 suspects, the freezing of EUR 1.9 billion in criminal assets and the seizure of drugs worth EUR 3 billion. These are the main conclusions from...

EU-wide action against illegal pay-tv streaming Crackdown on illegal use of pay-TV signals Crackdown on one of the world’s largest online piracy groups Coordinated action against illegal streaming

Rare historical books worth an estimated EUR 2 million, including first editions of works by Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton, were stolen from a postal warehouse in London in 2017. The criminal organisation involved, composed of Romanian nationals, had a history of committing complex, high-value...

Across Europe and beyond, thousands of victims were lured into investing money through fake online trading platforms. The money paid by unsuspecting investors was, in reality, redistributed to a complex money laundering network operating across Europe.

This document provides an overview of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) with regard to the application of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (EAW FD). The 2021 edition of...

General overview 2020 The Justice and Home Affairs agencies’ network (JHAAN) approved its Work Plan 2020 in January and selected two thematic topics: victims of trafficking and an assessment of the JHAAN. In April 2020, COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the work of JHA agencies was introduced as a...

Cross-border cases of trafficking in human beings (THB) are complex and difficult to investigate and prosecute. They reveal the prominent role of organised criminal groups. When gaps in judicial cooperation appear it is the victims of THB who suffer. In October 2020, the European Commission noted in...

The 16th Annual Meeting of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) was organised by the JITs Network Secretariat in close cooperation with Eurojust and Europol on 10 November 2020, and was conducted using the Eurojust WEBEX videoconferencing tool. The meeting brought together experts...

In 2019, we supported almost 8 000 cross-border criminal investigations and helped maximize the use of EU judicial cooperation tools. Many investigations extended far beyond EU borders and involved close cooperation with other EU agencies to ensure that information was shared and links were detected...