Access to digital data has become essential for criminal investigations in the European Union. And for good reason: electronic evidence is needed for 85% of them, according to data provided by the EU Council (https://aeur.eu/f/ekn). The 2024 edition of the ‘Sirius’ report, published on Thursday 28 November by Eurojust, Europol and the European Judicial Network, concurs with this observation.
However, and despite legislative advances in this area, such as that on digital services...