Information and evidence sharing between judicial authorities of EU Member States is crucial to effectively investigate cross-border criminal cases. Based on a note presented by Eurojust, Member States discussion in the Council has acknowledged the need to further enable information exchange under...

Article 16 of the Council Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedure between Member States (EAW FD, 2002/584/JHA) regulates the decision-making process for the competent authority of the executing Member State that receives multiple requests for surrender/...

Crackdown on a criminal network illegally selling audiovisual material, by Italian, Bulgarian, German, Greek, French and Dutch authorities with the support of Eurojust. Parallel actions carried out by judicial and law enforcement authorities throughout Europe to shut down hundreds of illegal servers...

Eurojust’s core business is to assist EU Member States’ competent authorities in dealing with serious cross-border organised crime. Judicial coordination meetings Bringing together judicial and law enforcement authorities from Member States and third States. Joint investigation teams (JITs)...

The objective of this document is to provide guidance to practitioners on the practical application of Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014 regarding the European Investigation Order (EIO) in criminal matters (the ‘European Investigation Order Directive’ or ‘EIO DIR’)1. It is a compilation of...

The objective of this document is to identify and categorise the common challenges in combating cybercrime from both a law enforcement and a judicial perspective. Eurojust and Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have identified the challenges based on and informed by operational and practical...

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Through Eurojust, prosecutors and investigative judges can overcome the obstacles posed by national borders. The European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit, created in 2002 and based in The Hague, functions as a permanent hub and tailor-made crime-fighting facility, on-call 24/7 and 365 days per...

The objective of the Report on Eurojust’s Casework in Asset Recovery is to assist competent judicial authorities in the EU Member States to effectively recover criminal assets and to contribute to the fight against transnational crime. The report is primarily based on the analysis of cases...