This news item provides an overview of the EPPO's main operational activities from1 October 2024 to 15 January 2025. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues eucrim
3/2024, 181-182 and is in reverse chronological order. [...]
This news item provides an overview of the EPPO's main operational activities from1 October 2024 to 15 January 2025. It continues the periodic reports of the last issues eucrim
3/2024, 181-182 and is in reverse chronological order. [...]
The following is an overview of court verdicts and alternative resolutions in EPPO cases. It summarises the EPPO's news reports from 1 July 2024 to 15 January 2025 and continues
the overview presented in eucrim 2/2024, 102. [...]
The article examines the evolution of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) over the past 25 years from its establishment in 1999 to its current role as a pivotal player in
the fight against fraud affecting the EU’s financial interests. It starts by tracing OLAF's origins to its predecessor, the Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention [...]
On 13 December 2024, the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe adopted an opinion on the disciplinary liability of judges. The opinion was
drafted in the light of the fact that liability of judges has become a topic of great concern in recent years. [...]
On 18 December 2024, the Council of Europe's Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) published a report that assessed the implementation of Art. 19 of the Budapest Cybercrime
Convention by 74 countries that are Parties to the Convention. Art. 19 of the Budapest Cybercrime Convention sets out several obligations for each Party to adopt [...]
On 20 December 2024, MONEYVAL published the findings of a horizontal study that has analysed how EU supra-national legislation, mechanisms and other initiatives have been considered
and weighted in MONEYVAL’s 5th round assessments. The study emphasised that more than a third of MONEYVAL member countries are EU Member States and, as such, subject [...]
At its 98th Plenary Meeting (held in Strasbourg from 18 to 22 November 2024), the representatives of the 48 GRECO member states elected David Meyer from the United Kingdom
as new President. He succeeds Marin Mrčela, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia who has been GRECO's President since 2011 (see also Mr Mrčela's [...]
On occasion of the International Anti-Corruption Day, held every year on 9 December, the President of GRECO, Marin Mrčela, emphasised the connection between the protection
of democracy and anti-corruption efforts. He stated: “Against the risk of democratic backsliding, it is crucial that governments prove their commitment and show [...]
On 2 December 2024, GRECO published its 5th Round Evaluation Report on San Marino. GRECO evaluated the effectiveness of the framework in place in San Marino to prevent corruption
among persons with top executive functions ("PTEFs", i.e. members of the Congress of State, Heads of Departments (including the Director of Civil Service), ministers’ [...]
On 25 November 2024, GRECO published its 5th Round Evaluation Report on Switzerland. The report assessed the effectiveness of the framework in place in Switzerland to prevent
corruption among persons with top executive functions (PTEFs) and members of the law enforcement authorities. [...]