Eurojust assesses impact of landmark ECtHR ruling on Russia’s war in Ukraine
A new Eurojust report examines how the landmark judgment by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the inter-State…
Eurojust-Iraq cooperation supports Slovenia’s first ISIS membership conviction
Eurojust used its new cooperation channel with Iraq to help Slovenian prosecutors obtain crucial evidence before custody limits expired. An…
Europol records 45 terrorist attacks as online radicalisation fragments threat landscape
The European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2026 identifies jihadism as the EU’s primary terrorist threat, while warning that…
Eurojust-backed investigation leads to arrest over alleged right-wing terrorist plot
German authorities have arrested a Romanian-Moldovan suspect accused of trying to create a right-wing extremist terrorist organisation targeting Romania, following…
EU Commission sharpens Europol and Eurojust mandates against cross-border crime and terrorism
The European Commission has proposed reforms to strengthen Europol and Eurojust, aiming to improve cross-border investigations, judicial cooperation, evidence gathering…
EU and Ecuador sign agreement to fight organised crime and terrorism
The EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador,…
EU Court of Justice judgment on “ne bis in idem” in terrorism case
The EU Court of Justice has ruled in Case C-802/23 (MSIG) that under the principle of ne bis in idem,…
Genocide Prosecutors Network issues report on cumulative charges for terrorist suspects
The Genocide Prosecution Network Secretariat, hosted by Eurojust, has presented a new analysis of jurisprudence on so-called cumulative charges for…
Europol coordinates operation against terrorist content online targeting minors
Europol coordinated a Referral Action Day (RAD) on minors’ exploitation and radicalisation online. More than 2 000 links pointing to…
Crimes against Ezidi victims in Syria and Iraq: Joint investigation leads to first convictions
Extensive cooperation between Sweden, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium in a Eurojust-supported joint investigation team (JIT) into crimes against Ezidi victims in…
ProtectEU: EU Commission proposes a new European Internal Security Strategy
In a changed security environment and an evolving geopolitical landscape, where hybrid threats by hostile foreign states and state-sponsored actors…
Europol report on the changing DNA and threats of organised crime in Europe
Europol’s EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment, published today, reveals how the very DNA of crime is shifting. Explore how…
Fighting organised crime and terrorism: EU and Brazil sign agreement (updated)
The agreement will guarantee a high level of protection of fundamental rights, including through strong data protection safeguards. Brazil is…
U.S. Homeland and Europol target extremely violent online child abuse cult communities
US Homeland Security Investigations, supported by Europol and the French Police, arrested members of an online community dedicated to grooming,…
Terrorist communications and propaganda: Major takedown of critical online infrastructure
Judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and in the United States have dismantled critical online infrastructure in a large-scale…
Sweden: National strategy against violent extremism and terrorism
The strategy is divided into four areas: Prevent, Avert, Protect and Manage. These areas encompass the actors in society that…
UK: New sanctions on persons linked to Hamas-supporting media network
The UK Government has announced a full asset freeze against two individuals suspected of providing financial support for Gaza Now…
EU Council and Parliament enhance air passenger security
The new rules will improve the handling of advance passenger information (API) data to perform checks on passengers prior to…
Bartjan Wegter to become the new EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator
Bartjan Wegter was appointed as the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (EU CTC). His five-year term will start on 1 March 2024.…
Humanitarian action: EU introduces further exception to sanctions
As a result of the decision, certain categories of humanitarian actors, including those outlined in the UN Security Council resolution…
Sweden: Meeting on strategy against violent extremism and terrorism
In December, Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer held a meeting with representatives of a number of government agencies, academia and…
EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum: Closing remarks by EU HRVP Borrell
Everything has been said. I will not repeat what has been said by my predecessors talking to this assembly, but…
Swedish PM’s Office: “How we are protecting Sweden from violent extremism and terrorism”
Sweden’s security situation has been deteriorating over time. Drottninggatan in 2017, Almedalen in 2022 and Brussels in 2023 are all…
Israel/Palestine: Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, listed as a terrorist by the EU
Together with its partners, France is fully committed to impeding the actions of Hamas, which the EU has listed as…
Israel: French Government on attack in Ra’anana
France utterly condemns the terrorist attack in Ra’anana today, which killed at least one person and injured 17 others, including…
ISIL/Al-Qaida: EU Council adds individual to sanctions list against terrorism
The measures target Ahmed Khaled Müller, a member of Al-Shabab in Somalia. The sanctioned individual has participated in combat operations and committed…
UK: Home Secretary declares Hizb ut-Tahrir as terrorists
The Home Secretary, James Cleverly, has today (15 January) laid a draft order before Parliament to proscribe the international Sunni…
France: Fight against terrorism – Meeting on combating Hamas
As part of President Macron’s Initiative for peace and security for all, a meeting dedicated to combating Hamas took place…
Fight against terrorism: EU Council adds two individuals to the EU terrorist list
The Council decided to add two individuals to the EU terrorist list. This decision comes as part of European Union’s response to…
2022 Country Reports on Terrorism released by the U.S. State Department
The Department of State issued the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT). Each year, the CRT provides insight on important…
Netherlands boosts terror group sentencing limits
Acting on a proposal by Justice and Security Minister Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, the Council of Ministers agreed to submit a bill to…
UK and Austria strengthen cooperation on migration and terrorism
The UK and Austria have signed a statement today agreeing to closer cooperation on tackling illegal migration and terrorism. Home…
Eurojust: Fight against terrorism across EU strengthened by more information sharing
The joint efforts across the European Union to fight terrorism will be stepped up by judicial authorities sharing a wider…
EU Commission President joins Belgian and Swedish PMs in Brussels attack memorial
There is no place and zero tolerance for hate in Europe. We see these days that hate speech is spreading…
Statement by EU Commission President von der Leyen with Israeli PM Netanyahu
They aim to eradicate Jewish life from the land, and they took action. This is the most heinous assault against…
Europol and TikTok collaborate to bolster efforts against terrorist content
On 28 September, a large-scale voluntary Referral Action Day between TikTok, Europol’s European Counter Terrorism Centre (ECTC) and 11 countries…
UNGA Legal Committee: New, emerging threats discussed
Convening its first meeting of the seventy-eighth session today, the Sixth Committee (Legal) took up the Secretary-General’s report on measures…
Judicial cooperation against terrorism: EU Council adopts new law
The EU Council today gave its final green light on a new EU law that will boost the digital information…
EU Council adopts new law to modernise judicial cooperation on terrorism cases
The Council today gave its final green light on a new EU law that will boost the digital information exchange…
Security: EU Commission proposes negotiations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway on PNR data agreements
Opening negotiations with Switzerland, Iceland, and Norway on PNR is an important step forward to increase security in the Schengen…
UK at the UN Security Council: The UN and international coordination is key to countering terrorism
ISKP [Islamic State – Khorasan Province] continues to show it has the capacity to carry out high-profile attacks on civilian…
UN: Victims Voices’ silencing terrorism
What we witnessed, particularly the girls among us, was truly horrific,” says Iman Abdullah, 22, from Sinjar, Iraq, a Yazidi…
Switzerland: Anti-terrorism actions in the cantons of Vaud and Neuchatel
On behalf of the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG), fedpol and local cantonal police forces carried out…
Pakistan: French Government on terrorist Attack (July 31, 2023)
France condemns in the strongest possible terms the terrorist attack that was carried out during a political rally in northwest…
Catalan and Basque separatist groups in TE-SAT (2023) – EU Commission answer
The Commission takes note of the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT), reporting on the ‘often unclear delineation between…
EU Council renews EU’s terrorist list for a further six months
The Council today renewed, without changes, the so-called EU terrorist list, which sets out persons, groups and entities subject to…
Money-laundering and terror financing: EBA publishes EuReCA Factsheet
The EBA has now published a factsheet that summarises what EuReCA is, who reports into it and how the EBA…
Sweden: More effective regulations under the Aliens Act
Under these proposals, it would be possible to withdraw a residence permit if it can be assumed that the person…