A European arrest warrant must be considered invalid if it is not based on a national arrest warrant (or any other enforceable judicial decision having the same force), the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Wednesday 13 January (case C-414/20).
Accused of drug trafficking, the Bulgarian national MM was arrested in Spain and surrendered to the judicial authorities of his country on the basis of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) based solely on a Bulgarian arrest warrant informing...