The Eurojust meeting on migrant smuggling (hereinafter ‘the meeting’) was organised by Eurojust in The Hague on 30-31 May 2018, with the support of the Bulgarian EU Presidency. The meeting was attended by practitioners from the EU Member States, Serbia and Turkey, as well as representatives from the...

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...

This legal analysis provides an overview of relevant Italian case-law on illegal immigrant smuggling through the sea, highlighting the main obstacles faced by Italian prosecutors in dealing with such cases and solutions emerging therefrom. It further highlights the operational guidelines developed...

The 12th meeting of the Consultative Forum of Prosecutors General and Directors of Public Prosecutions of the Member States of the European Union (the Forum) was jointly convened by the Prosecutor General of Estonia, Lavly Perling, and the Attorney General of Malta, Peter Grech. The meeting was...

The meeting on illegal immigrant smuggling (the meeting), organised and hosted by Eurojust in The Hague, took place on 15 June 2017, under the auspices of the joint Presidencies of Malta and Estonia. The participants included practitioners from the Member States, Norway and the USA, as well as...

This legal analysis provides an overview of relevant French jurisprudence on illegal immigrant smuggling. The analysis highlights the main modus operandi used by criminals, the relevant applicable legislation and the main challenges related to its application. This product is based on the...