Prosecutors from the Western Balkans and EU Member States met in Vienna, Austria, on 7-8 July 2026 for the third meeting of the Western Balkans Subgroup of the Focus Group on Migrant Smuggling. The meeting brought together practitioners to strengthen judicial cooperation in the fight against migrant...

Eurojust, through its Western Balkans Criminal Justice Project and in cooperation with Europol, has launched Operation Flying Bride, a new initiative that will coordinate cross-border investigations linked to Sky ECC evidence in the Western Balkans.

The Western Balkans Criminal Justice Project, in cooperation with the JITs Network Secretariat at Eurojust and the EL PACCTO 2.0 project, organised the third edition of its flagship training on joint investigation teams (JITs) from 24 to 26 June 2026 in Lisbon, Portugal.

On 20–21 May 2026, the Western Balkans Criminal Justice (WBCJ) Project, implemented by Eurojust, in cooperation with the European Network of Prosecutors for the Environment (ENPE), organised the second regional workshop on environmental crime in Zagreb, following the successful first edition held in...

Western Balkan Chief Prosecutors to meet in Sarajevo for Third Consultative Forum and launch the new Practical Guide on Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) for Western Balkan Practitioners

The inter-regional workshop Handling admissibility of evidence obtained from encrypted networks: operational experience, prosecutorial strategies and evolving jurisprudence in the EU, Western Balkans and countries of the Eastern Partnership was organised by Eurojust through its Western Balkans...

On 8 and 9 April 2026, the authorities of Albania and the Attorney General’s Office of Colombia set up two joint investigation teams (JITs) with the support of Eurojust. The JITs aim to facilitate investigations and prosecutions in cases involving the trafficking of human beings from Latin America...

The European Judicial Network (EJN) has launched the EJN Fiches Belges for Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo*, which are now available on the EJN website. These are the final two fiches covering the Western Balkans, now fully accessible online thanks to the support of the Western Balkans Criminal...