Eurojust cooperation with Latin America
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On 3 July, Eurojust marked one year since the launch of the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression (ICPA) - a unique judicial coordination platform dedicated to supporting national investigations into the crime of aggression related to the war in Ukraine.

Ms Eszter Mária Köpf has been appointed as the new National Member for Hungary at Eurojust. Ms Köpf succeeds Mr László Venczl, who had served in the role since 2012 and has now retired. The new National Member for Hungary has long-standing experience in international cross-border judicial cooperation.

Mr Erik Fågelsbo has been formally appointed as the new National Member for Sweden at Eurojust. He will succeed Ms Marie Lind Thomsen, with whom he has been working at the Agency as Deputy National Member since March 2020. He already served as acting National Member since July last year.

The Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union started on 1 July. In the domain of Justice and Home Affairs, the Hungarian presidency has set out five priorities: the fight against terrorism and organised crime, trafficking and smuggling of human beings, illicit trafficking of cultural goods, environmental crime and cybercrime.

EuroMed Justice (EMJ) VI kicked off with an online launching conference attended by high-level representatives of the South Partner countries and European Union Member States.

Major takedown of critical online infrastructure to disrupt terrorist communications and propaganda

Major operation to take down dangerous malware systems

Successful operation against cryptocurrency scam coordinated by Eurojust

Take down of Austrian-based fraud scheme offering new type of crypto coin

Eurojust supports authorities in dismantling EUR 113 million fraudulent investment scheme

Eurojust assists in uncovering a high-level corruption scheme

Network of luxury car thieves dismantled with support of Eurojust

Eurojust coordinates searches of offices of international car tyre manufacturer

Five criminals behind multi-million pound benefit fraud convicted in the United Kingdom with support from Eurojust

Eurojust helps tackle massive fraud of EUR 645 million with medicinal cannabis plants across Europe

Eurojust assists with taking down of drug trafficking ring involved in killing of rivals in Greece

Eurojust supports arrest of nine human traffickers in France and Spain

Crackdown on criminal network that used minors and women for street begging in Portugal

Migrant smuggling operation taken down by Romanian and Moldovan authorities

Assistance in dismantling Pakistani-led migrant smuggling network in Romania, Italy and Austria

Crackdown on criminal network that stole 170 historical books worth EUR 2.5 million across Europe

Stolen Baroque painting returned to the United Kingdom with support from Eurojust

The first ever Regional Consultative Forum, organised by Eurojust and the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office in Montenegro, is strengthening cooperation between authorities in the Western Balkans in the fight against organised crime and high-level corruption.

Eurojust aims to step up its efforts to assist victims of crime. The Agency will work on ways to more effectively integrate victims’ rights into every step of judicial cooperation processes by national authorities: from the identification of victims to their right to remediation.

The 35th Meeting of the Genocide Network took place in April 2024. The meeting focused on witness protection & support in core international crime cases, as well as updates on national casework.

High-level representatives and prosecutors from the United States, the European Union, international organizations, and civil society have been taking stock of the latest developments and cooperation tools for the use of battlefield evidence collected in the context of an armed conflict.

Eurojust and the United States Department of Justice brought together senior European and US officials, prosecutors and law enforcement members for the purpose of stepping up efforts to combat the unlawful transfer of sensitive technology to foreign adversaries. The meeting on 12 July emphasised the urgent need to stop the illicit export of goods to Russia in light of its ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.

In addition to the over 10 000 individuals tried by the Rwandan authorities, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has opened 93 cases and EU Member States judicial authorities have opened over 100 cases.