Top prosecutors from the Balkan region gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria, for the 4th Forum of Prosecutors General of the Balkan States, a key event in the regional effort to tackle organised crime. Eurojust played a key role in the high-level gathering, with President Michael Schmid delivering an opening...

Seventeen suspected human traffickers were arrested in a global operation involving the Albanian and Colombian authorities. The suspects had set up a human trafficking network to recruit vulnerable women from Colombia for sexual exploitation in Europe. The investigation and action day received...

On 10 September 2025, the Western Balkans Criminal Justice (WBCJ) project organised a workshop for prosecutors and investigators from the Western Balkans, Moldova and Ukraine on investigating and prosecuting intellectual property (IP) crime across borders. The event took place in Alicante, Spain and...

For the second consecutive year, the Western Balkans Criminal Justice Project (WBCJ) successfully held its flagship training on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) for judicial and law enforcement authorities from the Western Balkan region. The training, organised in cooperation with the JITs Network...

On 18–19 June 2025 in Ohrid (North Macedonia), the Western Balkans Criminal Justice Project, in cooperation with the Western Balkans Partnership against Crime and Terrorism project ( WB PaCT) implemented by CEPOL and Europol, organised the Regional Conference on ‘’Tackling Environmental Crime in the...

The second Regional Western Balkan Consultative Forum organised by the Western Balkans Criminal Justice Project in cooperation with the General Prosecution Office of Albania, took place on 17 June 2025 in Tirana. The Western Balkan General and Special Chief Prosecutors convened to discuss common...

As digital technologies reshape the landscape of crime, staying ahead of emerging threats is more critical than ever. In response to these challenges, the Western Balkans Criminal Justice (WBCJ) Project organised together with the European Judicial Cybercrime Network (EJCN), the SIRIUS Project, and...

Prosecutors from the Western Balkans and Latin America gathered in Lima (Peru) for a meeting aimed at enhancing international cooperation in the fight against organised crime. The event, ‘’Networking for Impact: Enhancing Cross-Border Cooperation Between Western Balkan and Latin American Prosecutors...

Eurojust and Europol supported an operation that put a halt to a criminal group that produced and sold counterfeit euro coins and bills. The criminals were active in North Macedonia and Serbia. Through a joint investigation team (JIT), the North Macedonian and Serbian authorities conducted their...

Authorities from Albania and Kosovo, supported by Eurojust and Europol, have disrupted an arms trafficking gang operating in both countries. The suspects were responsible for the supply, transport and sale of weapons and explosive materials, setting up an intricate import and export route towards...