Member States must grant compensation to any victim of a violent intentional crime committed on their territory, regardless of his or her residence. This was the conclusion of Advocate General Michal Bobek in his Opinion in Case C-129/19 on Thursday 14 May.
The Italian Court of Cassation was asked to give a final ruling in the case of Ms BV, a victim of sexual violence committed in 2005 in Italy who was unable to receive compensation because her attackers had fled, and asked the EU Court of...