The number of European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) issued in the EU in 2019 totalled 20,226, according to statistics published by the European Commission on Monday 9 August. These figures confirm that the EAW remains an “essential tool for judicial cooperation in criminal matters” since its launch in 2004.
Compared to 2018, the year 2019 saw an increase of 2,755 EAWs. However, the Commission points out that this significant increase can be explained by the fact that Germany had to reissue...