In Case C-164/22, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled on Thursday, 21 September, that the prohibition of double jeopardy does not appear to preclude the execution of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for the person responsible for a fraudulent pyramid scheme in Spain and Portugal, as the facts on which the convictions were based do not appear to be identical.
Fraudulent scheme
In fact, a Spanish national was chairman of the board of directors of a Portuguese company that was...