The rise of increasingly globalised organised crime led the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) to continue strengthening its cooperation with the judicial authorities of third countries in 2025.
In a report published on Wednesday 10 June, as part of its 2025 annual report, the Agency emphasises that this cooperation is an essential means of facilitating cross-border investigations and prosecutions.
This also makes it possible to dismantle criminal networks operating beyond the EU’s borders.
According to the report, since 2020, around 20% of newly registered Eurojust cases have involved a third country.
Eurojust works in particular through a network of 12 Liaison Prosecutors seconded to the Agency. They opened 381 new cases in 2025 and continued to take part in joint investigation teams and coordination meetings.
In addition, the Agency has Contact Points in 82 countries and three regional organisations to facilitate the processing of judicial cooperation requests, and new Working Arrangements were established with Egypt, South Korea, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Uruguay.
According to Eurojust, these agreements allow the exchange of information, expertise and best practices in the fight against serious and organised crime. In addition, the Agency reports that the number of requests for judicial assistance submitted through certain existing cooperation agreements more than tripled in 2025 compared to the previous year.
Read the report: https://aeur.eu/f/mas (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)