Ladislav Hamran re-elected Vice-President of Eurojust
Yesterday, Mr Ladislav Hamran, National Member for the Slovak Republic, was re-elected for a second three-year term as Vice-President. read more
View ArticleEU-wide fuel oil and precious metals VAT fraud and money laundering network...
On 14 December 2016 judicial authorities and law enforcement from Spain dismantled a criminal organization whose modus operandi involved defrauding states on the VAT from oil and precious metals via a...
View ArticleSuccessful action against international money laundering network: France,...
The initial results of a preliminary investigation carried out by the French National Financial Public Prosecutor's Office, commenced in September 2015, has revealed a vast and complex money laundering...
View ArticleSuccessful action in EU social fraud case
On 14 March 2017, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, international action was taken against an organised criminal group operating from the Slovak Republic and Portugal, run by a French national...
View ArticleInternational coordinated action against tax fraud and money laundering
Yesterday, police, tax and judicial authorities from four Member States and Australia took part in an action day against a group of individuals and companies suspected of tax fraud and money...
View ArticleEurojust Annual Report 2016 at the EP
Today, the President of Eurojust, Ms Michèle Coninsx, presented the Eurojust Annual Report 2016 at a hearing of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament...
View ArticleCommissioner Jourova returns to Eurojust
Two years after her first visit in June 2015, Commissioner Věra Jourová, the Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, and a high-level delegation from the Commission, returned to...
View ArticleSecond EU Day against Impunity
Today, hosted by the Permanent Representation of Malta to the EU in Brussels, the second EU Day against Impunity for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes was held, co-organised by the...
View ArticleMr Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Administrative Director of Eurojust
Mr Nikolaos (Nick) Panagiotopoulos was selected and appointed Administrative Director of Eurojust during the plenary meeting of the College of Eurojust on 30 May 2017. read more
View ArticleJudicial response to terrorist attacks
The images of the heinous terrorist attacks against the innocent people of Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Stockholm, Nice, Manchester and many more European cities were still fresh in the minds of the...
View ArticleItalian murder suspect arrested with Eurojusts support
On 9 June, close cooperation between Spanish Guardia Civil and Italian Carabinieri resulted in the arrest of an Italian national in Barcelona, suspected of participating in the robbery and murder of a...
View ArticleNetwork of payment card fraudsters dismantled
A successful operation that took down an international criminal network of payment card fraudsters was carried out by Central Investigating Judge number 5, the Public Prosecution Office at the...
View ArticleRomanian THB ring disrupted in France
A joint action day on 19 June in France and Romania led to 23 arrests (13 in France and 10 in Romania) for suspected involvement in a human trafficking ring and participation in a criminal...
View ArticleBostjan Skrlec: New National Member for Slovenia at Eurojust
Boštjan Škrlec began his career as a State Prosecutor in 1999. He has more than 20 years of experience in the judiciary. Being recognised as a prosecutor with considerable professional expertise by...
View ArticleNew National Member for Malta at Eurojust
Philip Galea Farrugia was appointed National Member for Malta in July 2017. read more
View ArticleSolveig Wollstad returns as National Member for Sweden at Eurojust
Solveig Wollstad was appointed for a second term as National Member for Sweden at Eurojust, commencing June 2017.After receiving an LL.M. from the University of Lund in 1983, Ms Wollstad began her...
View Articleeu-LISA and Eurojust are taking cooperation further
Yesterday, the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) and the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit...
View ArticleAction day in money laundering investigation
Yesterday, an international coordinated action by judicial and law enforcement authorities of the Netherlands, Spain and Cyprus, with the support of Eurojust, resulted in searches of 10 homes and...
View ArticleInternational operations against illegal immigrant smuggling ring
Judicial and law enforcement authorities from Belgium, Bulgaria, France, the Netherlands and the UK, supported by Eurojust and Europol, took action early today against a Europe-wide organised criminal...
View ArticleNew National Member for Greece at Eurojust
7. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in law from the University of Athens, followed by two Master’s degrees, one in law and one in terrorism studies, followed by an LL.M. and a Ph.D. in criminology. read more
View ArticleJoint international operation against online piracy
On 8 and 9 November 2017, Eurojust supported an international joint operation against online piracy criminal groups. This operation resulted in 2 arrests, one of which was based on a European Arrest...
View ArticleSuccessful Operation against Sexual Exploitation of Women
Eurojust and Europol have supported coordinated judicial investigations in Spain (Investigative Court no 34 and Prosecution Office in Madrid) and Romania (DIICOT Prosecution Office) to dismantle an...
View ArticleAndromeda botnet dismantled in international cyber operation
On 29 November 2017, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in close cooperation with the Luneburg Central Criminal Investigation Inspectorate in Germany, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre...
View ArticleMs Hilde Vandevoorde appointed National Member for Belgium
Ms Hilde Vandevoorde was appointed National Member for Belgium at Eurojust for a five-year period. In accordance with Article 2(1) of the Eurojust Decision, the appointment was approved by the...
View ArticleInternational criminal network involved in synthetic drug trafficking dismantled
On 12 December 2017, a coordinated international operation supported by Eurojust and Europol took down an organised crime group (OCG) involved in the production and trafficking of drugs and...
View ArticleSocial benefit fraud ring dismantled
The crime worked in the following way: In the period between 2013 and 2017, a Romanian organised crime group (OCG) from the Braşov region recruited and trafficked more than 50 Romanian families to...
View ArticleAction against stolen Italian artefacts
In the early hours of yesterday morning, arrests and searches took place in Italy, Germany, Spain and the UK against an international organised crime group (OCG) accused of trafficking in...
View ArticleSwiss and Dutch authorities take action against voice phishing
Yesterday, an action took place in the Netherlands against an internationally active group involved in voice phishing. In the presence of Swiss authorities, two suspects were arrested and several...
View ArticleEurope-wide operations against OCG involved in online fraud
The Public Prosecution Office (PPO) of Dresden, the Saxon State Office of Criminal Investigation (SSOCI) and the PPO of Vilnius conducted a successful six-year investigation, ‘Operation Warenagent’,...
View ArticleMigrant smuggling and sham marriages
On 22 August 2018, from a coordination centre at Eurojust, in the context of an investigation of the Public Prosecution Office Munich I, searches and arrests were synchronised in Romania and Poland...
View ArticleJoint operation against ndrangheta in Italy and Germany
Today, during an international joint action day in Italy and Germany, 160 people were arrested. More are expected to be apprehended. They are suspected of participation in a mafia-type (‘ndrangheta)...
View ArticleFirst Liaison Prosecutor for Ukraine appointed at Eurojust
On 18 August 2018, Ms Myroslava Krasnoborova took up her duties as Liaison Prosecutor for Ukraine at Eurojust.read more
View ArticleInternational action against large-scale VAT fraud
During a joint action day in seven EU Member States, an international organised crime group was tackled, involved in large-scale VAT fraud with a damage of more than EUR 20 million, related to sales of...
View ArticleEurojust hosts Consultative Forum of top EU prosecutors
Top prosecutors from across Europe gathered today at Eurojust in The Hague to tackle the ever-changing challenges of cross-border terrorism and migrant smuggling, share new strategies in using the...
View ArticleTwo euro counterfeiting rings dismantled
Under the direction of the French and Italian authorities, and with the support of Eurojust and Europol, 22 arrests by the French Judicial Police (DCPJ) and the Italian Carabinieri took place on 16...
View ArticleVictims of kidnapping and slavery
Romanian and UK authorities successfully took down an organised crime group involved in human trafficking for exploitation - forced labour, false imprisonment and money laundering.read more
View ArticleLooted cultural goods: 13 arrests in Bulgaria and Spain
More than 30 600 pieces of cultural heritage artefacts, mostly comprising real and counterfeit coins, were seized from an organised crime group (OCG) involved in the looting and illegal trafficking of...
View ArticleEurojust to host the European judicial counter-terrorism register
Eurojust declared that it stands ready to swiftly create and host the counter-terrorism register, which would bring more clarity, security and speed to investigations after terrorist attacks and...
View ArticleNew Eurojust Regulation adopted
Today, the Council of the European Union adopted the Eurojust Regulation (EJR), after the European Parliament had given its approval already in October. This adoption completes the European Union’s...
View ArticleCigarette smuggling from Eastern Europe
On 15 November, coordinated action was taken against an Italian organised crime group (OCG) involved in the smuggling of cigarettes from Eastern European countries into Italy. Eight people were...
View ArticleBelgian fugitive detained in Spain
With the support of Eurojust and Europol, the Spanish judicial authorities (Juzgado de Instrucción no 1 in Torrevieja) and the Belgian Public Prosecutor’s Office and judicial authorities, in...
View ArticleMajor step against organised crime in Western Balkans
On 12 November 2018, Ms Lenche Ristoska took up her duties as the first Liaison Prosecutor for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at Eurojust. Her appointment is an important contribution to the...
View ArticleNetwork of five organised crime groups disrupted in Romania
Yesterday, the Romanian Territorial Office of the Directorate for Investigation of Organised Crime of Vâlcea and judicial police officers of the Vâlcea Organised Crime Service dismantled a network of...
View ArticleCoordinated crackdown on 'Ndrangheta mafia in Europe
Unique joint investigation by judiciary and police forces in the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and Belgium culminates in the largest coordinated joint action against an organised criminal group to date...
View ArticleLow- and middle-value contracts
Eurojust regularly organises negotiated procurement procedures for the acquisition of supplies, works and services, in accordance with EU public procurement rules.read more
View ArticleMigrant smuggling organised crime group dismantled in Romania and Austria
A group of EU and non-EU nationals, known to be active since 2016, are suspected of having committed the crimes of migrant smuggling and participation in an organised crime group (OCG). Eleven...
View ArticleInternational VAT fraud OCG dismantled
The national authorities of Belgium, Spain and Germany initiated investigations into an organised crime group (OCG) involved in a large-scale VAT fraud case that targeted numerous individuals and...
View ArticleInternational organised crime group involved in fraud, forgery and money...
The OCG, which targeted a multitude of victims worldwide, including public and private entities, as well as individuals, is suspected of having committed the crimes of fraud, forgery of documents,...
View ArticleLarge prostitution ring dismantled
On 3 July, a joint action day in France, Bulgaria and Germany resulted in searches of more than 20 locations and the arrest of 10 pimps.read more
View ArticleIllegal online gambling scheme dismantled
After a 15-month investigation conducted by the Portuguese Public Prosecutor’s Office, and with the assistance of Eurojust and Europol, judicial and law enforcement authorities in Portugal and...
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