The 100th action day that took place on 18 September 2019 marks an important milestone for Eurojust. Action days are one of the judicial tools used by Eurojust to coordinate time-sensitive investigations. In 2018 alone, Eurojust handled over 6.500 cases. Since 2011, Eurojust provides practical, real...

1. The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU and the European Network of Contact Points for the investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (hereinafter referred as the ‘Network’) reiterated the importance of the Network as a forum for practitioners to...

The 15th Annual Meeting of National Experts on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) - organised by the JITs Network Secretariat in close cooperation with Eurojust and Europol - took place at Eurojust in The Hague on 5-6 June 2019. The two-day meeting brought together experts from Member States, newly...

The aim of this report is to assist practitioners, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN) in determining whether a particular case should, in the interest of efficiency and prevention of duplication of work, be directed to Eurojust or the EJN. The report constitutes an assessment of the...

1. The Consultative Forum acknowledges the increasing and global threat represented by cybercrime and the specific challenges encountered in cybercrime investigations as well as their impact on cross-border investigations and prosecutions. These challenges are illustrated by new technology-based...

‘Operation Pollino’: Large-scale coordinated action by judicial and law enforcement authorities in Belgium, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands

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...