The European Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation

• European Judicial Cybercrime Network strengthens resolve to fight digital threats at 19th plenary meeting

  The European Judicial Cybercrime Network (EJCN) convened its 19th plenary meeting on 4 and 5 December 2025, as part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen cooperation and coordination in the fight against cybercrime. The meeting, hosted by Eurojust, brought together 62 experts from 26 countries to discuss critical topics, including cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and data retention.

• Prison sentences of up to 15 years for migrant smugglers

  The Paris Tribunal has sentenced seven migrant smugglers to prison sentences ranging from 3 to 15 years, along with fines of up to EUR200000. They were sentenced for aiding and enabling the illegal entry of immigrants, participating in a criminal organisation and involuntary manslaughter. Eurojust helped coordinate the investigation into the criminal group, in which judicial authorities from France, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, and the United Kingdom worked together to investigate and take action against the group.

• Fifty jurisdictions, one goal: Eurojust unites prosecutors from around the world to fight organised crime

  Organised crime groups are operating on a global scale and evolving at an unprecedented pace, exploiting new technologies and geopolitical instability. These once-local groups are spanning continents and currencies, well beyond EU borders. To bring down globalised criminal networks effectively, Eurojust is scaling up its cooperation with judicial authorities outside the European Union.High-level representatives, including a minister and prosecutor generals from 50 jurisdictions representing Latin America, the Western Balkans, North Africa, the Middle East and the European Union convened to design strategic and operational actions to fight the threat of criminal groups. The event included the endorsement of a joint declaration and the signing of new Working Arrangements with the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Uruguay enabling long-term structural cooperation with Eurojust.

• High-level meeting between Prosecutors General of Latin American and Western Balkan partners takes place at Eurojust

  A high-level meeting between Prosecutors General from eleven Latin American countries and four Western Balkan countries took place on 2–3 December 2025 at Eurojust premises.

• Cincuenta jurisdicciones, un objetivo: Eurojust reúne a fiscales de todo el mundo para luchar contra la delincuencia organizada

  Los grupos delictivos organizados operan a escala mundial y evolucionan a un ritmo sin precedentes, aprovechando las nuevas tecnologías y la inestabilidad geopolítica. Estos grupos, que antes eran locales, ahora abarcan continentes y monedas, mucho más allá de las fronteras de la UE. Para reducir eficazmente las redes delictivas globalizadas, Eurojust está intensificando su cooperación con las autoridades judiciales de fuera de la Unión Europea.Representantes de alto nivel, incluidos un ministro y fiscales generales de cincuenta jurisdicciones que representan a América Latina, los Balcanes Occidentales, África del Norte, Oriente Próximo y la Unión Europea, se reunieron para diseñar acciones estratégicas y operativas para luchar contra la amenaza de los grupos delictivos. El acto incluyó la aprobación de una declaración conjunta y la firma de nuevos acuerdos de trabajo con Paraguay, República Dominicana y Uruguay que permiten la cooperación estructural a largo plazo con Eurojust.