This paper summarises the discussions of the focus group of specialised prosecutors against trafficking in human beings (‘THB Focus Group of Prosecutors’) at their second meeting held at Eurojust premises on 28 and 29 June 2023. This meeting: gathered specialised prosecutors and investigative judges...

As the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, Eurojust sits at the heart of cross-border judicial cooperation. With over 20 years of experience, we offer support and legal expertise to prosecutors and investigative judges from EU Member States and partner countries. The landscape of criminal...

On 31 October 2023, an amendment of the Eurojust Regulation entered into force, enhancing Eurojust’s ability to identify links between terrorism investigations and prosecutions, to establish a modern Case Management System, to provide a secure digital communication channel between Member States and...

The use of advertising to fund websites and mobile apps that offer pirated content has become an insidious practice within the online piracy landscape. This flyer gives an overview of the scale of the problem, the actors operating within the advertising ecosystem, and the types and formats of...

The College of Eurojust adopted the Single Programming Document 2023-2025 on 8 November 2022 (College Decision 2022-09). The present amended version incorporates: An increase of EUR 2.46 M in both commitment and payment appropriations needed to cover the expected 2023 shortfall in the temporary...

This paper provides a comparative overview of the way in which EU Member States, Genocide Network Observer States and Ukraine have implemented the crime of aggression in their domestic laws. How is the crime of aggression defined in national criminal codes? Have the majority of states adopted the...

This document, which is updated biannually, 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 (EAW) and the surrender procedures between Member...

This report outlines the most prominent cases in which the European Court of Human Rights evalu­ated the application of Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Article 7 provides that ‘no one shall be held guilty of any criminal offence on account of any act or omission which...

The Justice and Home Affairs Agencies’ Network (JHA) was established in 2010, building on the inter-agency cooperation in place since 2006, with the aim to facilitate and increase inter-agency cooperation in the field of Justice and Home Affairs. Today, the Network is composed of 9 agencies, all...