EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority to be based in Frankfurt/Main – Insight EU mini-dossier
Frankfurt/Main has been chosen by Parliament and Council as the seat of AMLA, the EU’s new enforcer in the fight…
Money laundering: Investigation against Russian-Eurasian criminal network and financial institution based in Malta
National authorities in Latvia, Germany, France, Italy and Malta have carried out over 100 searches in a large-scale operation against…
Europol: EU Commissioner Johansson at the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group
It's time to realise: Organised crime is as big a threat to society, as terrorism. And we have to counter this…
FinCEN on use of virtual currencies for online child sex exploitation and human trafficking
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Financial Trend Analysis (FTA) today reflecting an increase in…
Resistance and action: Sweden’s national strategy against organised crime
Organised crime poses a serious threat to the Swedish society. The deadly violence and the criminal financial structures used by…
Asylum and migration reform: EU Coreper greenlights deal with EU Parliament
The member states today confirmed their commitment to improve the European asylum and migration system. These new rules will make…
Europeans show strong support for EU civil protection in Eurobarometer survey
Today, the European Commission published the results of the Special Eurobarometer measuring public opinion about European civil protection actions in…
Violence against women: Dossier on the EU lawmakers’ deal
The new law lays down minimum rules concerning the definition of specific criminal offences and penalties to address this form…
EU revises Schengen Borders Code to boost free movement
On Tuesday, Parliament and Council reached an agreement on reforming the Schengen Borders Code. The reform aims to strengthen free…
Frontex Regulation delivers overall positive assessment despite challenges
Brussels, 5 February 2024 On 2 February, the Commission adopted the evaluation of the European...
Anti-corruption: MEPs to push for stricter EU-wide measures and penalties
The report, adopted with 63 votes for, two against and two abstentions, builds on the European Commission’s draft for an…
EMCDDA and Europol: Heroin and opioids endanger health and security in Europe
2024 EU drug markets analysis from the EMCDDA and Europol: What are the latest changes in the EU opioids market?…
Anti-Money Laundering Agency: Host city candidates to present their bids
In the joint public hearing organised by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, nine candidates to host…
European Ports Alliance to fight organised crime and drug trafficking
EU Commission and the Belgian EU Presidency, together with Member States, ports authorities, European associations, EU Agencies (Europol, EMCDDA) and…
EU Commission welcomes breakthrough political agreement on stronger rules to fight trafficking in human beings
Every year over 7000 people become victims of human trafficking in the EU. The actual number is likely to be…
EU lawmakers strike deal to strengthen fight against human trafficking
Today the Belgian presidency of the Council and representatives of the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement to add forced…
Norway: Changes in the Government
In the Council of State today, the King has made changes in the Government. Minister of Research and Higher Education,…
Bundesverfassungsgericht: Keine Staatsförderung für NPD-Nachfolgepartei Die Heimat
Mit heute verkündetem Urteil hat der Zweite Senat des Bundesverfassungsgerichts entschieden, dass die Partei Die Heimat (HEIMAT, vormals: Nationaldemokratische Partei…
Online investment fraud: Eurojust crackdown on criminal network
Judicial and law enforcement authorities in Germany, Cyprus, Bulgaria and Sweden have carried out a coordinated action against an organised…
U.S. Treasury targets Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad, IRGC-QF, and Iran-aligned militia groups in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Iraqi airline Fly Baghdad and its…
U.S., UK, and Australia target further Hamas financial networks and virtual currency facilitators
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a fifth round of sanctions on…
EU Parliament: Fundamental rights report finds threats to key freedoms, equality and dignity
MEPs looked into the state of citizens’ rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023, identifying an array of concerns…
The Hungarian government threatens EU values, institutions, and funds, MEPs say
Regretting the Council’s failure to apply the Article 7 (1) procedure (following Parliament’s activation of the mechanism in 2018), Parliament calls on the…
EU lawmakers strike deal on single rulebook against money laundering and terror financing
EU Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the sixth Anti-Money Laundering (AML) directive and the EU “single rulebook” regulation. The…
EP Plenary: Ursula von der Leyen on Special European Council meeting on 1 February 2024
A global year of elections has just begun. It is the hour of democracy, also here in Europe. But the…
EU Commission greenlights data flows with 11 countries
Today, the European Commission successfully concluded its review of 11 existing adequacy decisions. These decisions had been adopted under the…
Eurojust and Panama step up cooperation against organised crime
Eurojust and the Attorney General of the Republic of Panama, Mr Javier E. Caraballo Salazar, have signed a Working Arrangement…
Switzerland announces candidacy for Secretary General of Council of Europe
The Council of Europe promotes human rights, democracy and the rule of law in its 46 member states. Within the…
Eurojust: Tackling major organised drug crime top priority for Belgian EU Presidency
Special attention will be paid to the use of logistic hubs for this type of cross-border crime and, more specifically,…
Speech by EU Commission in memoriam of Jacques Delors
Tonight, we celebrate the beginning of a new year and the beginning of the Belgian Presidency. But as we celebrate…
Belgian Presidency: Statement by EU Commission President at the joint press conference with PM De Croo
Let me start with the most strategic of these priorities: support for Ukraine. We all witnessed Russia's recent brutal airstrikes…
Statement by EU Commission President von der Leyen on the passing of Jacques Delors
We are all the heirs of Jacques Delors's work of life: a vibrant and prosperous European Union. Jacques Delors forged his…
Anti-Money Laundering Authority: EU legislators establish AMLA
Negotiating teams of the European Parliament and the Council of the EU have reached a political agreement on establishing an…
EU Commission proposes to counteract covert foreign influence
Today, the European Commission adopted a Defence of Democracy package, ahead of the 2024 European elections. The central piece of…
Criminal assets: EU deal on new rules to freeze and confiscate proceeds of crime
The new legislation on seizing criminal assets would ensure fast and efficient freezing and confiscation everywhere in the EU and…
Main results of the first day of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council
The Council addressed a number of files which all share the objective of tightening judicial cooperation between EU countries. EU…
Countering migrant smuggling: EU Commission launches a global alliance
The Commission will present new legislation on countering migrant smuggling. This covers a Directive laying down minimum rules on the facilitation…
Money laundering and terror financing: EBA consults on new guidelines preventing abuse of funds and crypto-assets
The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched a consultation on new Guidelines on preventing the abuse of funds and certain crypto-assets…
EU police cooperation: EU lawmakers agree on more efficient data exchanges
EU Parliament and the Council negotiators have reached a deal political agreement on updating the framework for fingerprint, DNA and…
Europol and Eurojust support disruption of multi-million euro voice-phishing gang
Czech and Ukrainian police have disrupted, with the support of Europol and Eurojust, a prolific phishing gang believed to have…
Online fraud with cryptocurrencies: Eurojust and Europol actions across Europe
At the request of the Swiss authorities, Eurojust has coordinated several actions against an online fraud network in EU Member…
UN: EU position on the amendment to the Draft Resolution on Combating Glorification of Nazism
European Union explanation of vote at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly's 3rd Committee: Draft Resolution “Combating…
Statement of the EU – Western Balkans Ministerial Forum on Justice and Home Affairs
The representatives from the EU and the Western Balkans welcomed the results achieved throughout the five years of implementation of…
Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council on 19 October 2023
The Council and the European Parliament are currently engaged in so-called trilogue negotiations on the asylum procedure regulation, the screening…
Eastern Mediterranean migration route. EU Commission presents EU Action Plan
The Action Plan delivers on the commitment made by President von der Leyen in her letter ahead of the meeting…
Visa-free travelling: EU Commission proposes a more robust suspension mechanism
Brussels, 18 October 2023 Visa-free travel brings significant economic, social, and cultural benefits and boosts...
Trafficking in human beings: MEPs ready to negotiate new EU rules
The European Parliament wants to include new crimes like forced marriage, illegal adoption and surrogacy for reproductive exploitation. The MEPs…
Fighting organised crime and drug-trafficking: EU Commission sets out new priorities
The European Commission has adopted an EU Roadmap to step up the fight against drug trafficking and criminal networks, building on the…
Swedish ECR Delegation head Weimers: EU complacency in the face of Islamism must end
The European Parliament has paid tribute to the victims of the attack in which a man claiming to be a…
Asylum and migration: Main results of the EU Home Affairs Council
EU Ministers supported the need to strengthen the external dimension of EU migration policy. They emphasised that a coordinated combination…