The first part of this joint report is aimed at policymakers. It lists four challenges in NPS control, and then describes the different legislative solutions used in many of the Member States. Focusing on the innovative new laws that are designed to address the issue, the report gives the reader a...

The report is based on the analysis of a selection of 30 migrant smuggling cases presenting specific judicial cooperation challenges and features, out of a total of 189 registered at Eurojust, covering the period from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017. The analysis was complemented by practitioners...

The purpose of this report is to follow up on the two previous publications by updating readers on the current NPS and (pre)precursor situation from a judicial perspective. Although legislative developments in different Member States have provided solutions for prosecuting NPS and (pre)precursor...

This report provides an update of a report issued in 2015 concerning Eurojust’s experience in the field of prevention and resolution of conflicts of jurisdiction. The report is based on Eurojust’s casework, a College thematic discussion, meetings organised or co-organised by Eurojust and...

This report provides a contextual overview regarding sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) perpetrated by ISIL members and advocates for characterising this type of violence within the spectrum of core international crimes. The European Union (EU) Member States may find this characterisation...

The goal of this Handbook is to provide EU practitioners, in particular prosecutors and police authorities, with an overview of EU and international legislation applicable to CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) substances and Explosives and with a description of supranational...

This Report concerns Eurojust’s casework in the field of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) in the period 2014-2016. In this period, Eurojust continued to play a key role in improving the application of the EAW. The number of EAW cases registered at Eurojust has steadily increased, from 217 cases in...

A German investigation into an OCG called Avalanche involved in malware, phishing and spam activities commenced in 2012, after a wave of encryption ransomware infected a substantial number of computer systems, blocking users’ access. The investigation exposed the existence of a highly sophisticated...

The nature of Trafficking in Human Beings (THB) cases present inherent difficulties for investigations and prosecutions. Most of these obstacles were identified in the mid-term report on the implementation of the Eurojust Action Plan against THB and are confirmed by this report. Indeed, THB...

A typical cross-border fraud case would tend to follow logical geographical lines and could, for example, focus on a particular language group. Operation ‘Vertigo’ did not follow a usual pattern. Its sheer scale and complexity made it exceptional. In this carousel fraud case, the organised crime...