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...

A tri-regional event on tackling drug trafficking routes via West Africa, the Western Balkans and EU ports through enhanced judicial cooperation took place on 11-12 February at Eurojust.

The Western Balkans Criminal Justice Project (WBCJ), with the support of the JITs Network Secretariat at Eurojust, successfully held the second edition of the Winter Academy on Judicial Cooperation in Cross-Border Organised Crime from 9 to 12 December 2025 at the European Public Law Organization...

Organised crime groups are operating on a global scale and evolving at an unprecedented pace, exploiting new technologies and geopolitical instability. These once-local groups are spanning continents and currencies, well beyond EU borders. To bring down globalised criminal networks effectively...