The EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) published, on Monday 1 June, a report on the main developments in judicial cooperation in 2025, taking stock of the use of European criminal cooperation instruments and the support provided to national authorities.
According to the document, nearly half of the cases it opened in 2025 involved a European Investigation Order. In total, this amounted to 6,711 cases, an increase of around 7% compared with the previous year.
Eurojust also states that it supported the authorities throughout the procedure, from drafting requests to their execution.
As regards coordination, the agency organised 656 coordination meetings and set up 16 coordination centres enabling judicial and police authorities to exchange information in real time during simultaneous operations carried out in several countries. Economic offences accounted for the largest share of those meetings. They were followed by drug trafficking and cybercrime.
As for Joint Investigation Teams (JIT), their number is continuing to increase.
In 2025, Eurojust supported 412 of them, 11% more than in 2024. Of those, 136 were set up during the year, mainly in cases involving drug trafficking and money laundering.
In addition, the report also looks at preparations for the entry into application in 2026 of the European package on electronic evidence, which will introduce new mechanisms allowing judicial authorities to obtain directly certain data held by service providers operating in the territory of the European Union.
To see the report: https://aeur.eu/f/m55 (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)