Suspected criminal network smuggling Iranian migrants into the UK tackled
On 8 December, 24 people were arrested and several house searches were carried out in Greece as part of a joint investigation by Greece and the UK, supported by Europol.The individuals were arrested on...
View ArticleLadislav 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...
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