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The next generation of lawyers from Bolton will be competing at a prestigious trial competition this week.

Eurojust coordinated a recent action day during which seven members of a Serbian-led drug trafficking network were arrested simultaneously in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Serbia. During the operation, a total of 115 kilograms of cocaine was seized. Europol provided analytical support to the action day.

The intensive cooperation of the Italian judicial authorities with other EU Member States via Eurojust was evaluated, yesterday and today, during a dedicated seminar in Bari. The seminar, which also celebrated Eurojust’s 20th anniversary, was organised by the Bari seat of the High School of Judiciary and the Italian National Desk at the Agency. It aimed to enhance future ways of judicial cross-border cooperation in an increasingly digital era, focusing on particular crime areas such as cybercr...

The use of joint investigation teams (JITs) into core international crimes is the main topic of discussion at the 18th annual meeting of EU National Experts in this field. The meeting, hosted today and tomorrow by the JITs Network Secretariat at Eurojust, will focus, in particular, on the joint investigation team between Ukraine and five EU Member States, set up with the support of the Agency.

Specialised public prosecutors from the United States and EU Member States agreed Monday to step up cooperation on tackling major cross-border and intercontinental environmental crime.

A growing number of states have opened investigations into international crimes committed in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion last month. While high-profile international courts like the International Criminal Court have a role to play in bringing accountability, the future of international criminal law is predominantly domestic, says Sergey Vasiliev. And Ukraine must remain the primary actor in this unprecedented move of ‘solidarity justice’.