How does Europol make Europe safer? When was Europol founded? How does Europol decide which crime areas to focus on? The latest edition of Europol in Brief answers these questions and more, and explains how exactly the agency works, who works there and what each of Europol's five crime centres...

How does Europol make Europe safer? When was Europol founded? How does Europol decide which crime areas to focus on? The latest edition of Europol in Brief answers these questions and more, and explains how exactly the agency works, who works there and what each of Europol's five crime centres...

Despite the existence of several international minimum standards, national legislations governing criminal IP infringements vary considerably, not just internationally but also across the EU. These differences in national legislative frameworks can sometimes be exploited by IP criminals, and in...

In the EU, non-compliance with statutory or negotiated minimum wages averages 6.93% or 1.3%, depending on the statistics used. The lowest national estimate is 0.01% in Belgium and the highest is 11.59% in Hungary. It mostly affects young workers, those on fixed-term or part-time contracts and...

This document, which is updated on an annual basis, provides an overview of the case-law of national courts with regard to the application of national legislations regulating intellectual property crime (IPC). An IPC is an infringement of intellectual property (IP) rights, such as counterfeiting...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of how EU law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) is currently enforced....

On 23 July 2021, the European Commission has adopted a new notice on the enforcement of EU State aid rules by national courts (the "New Enforcement Notice"). The New Enforcement Notice aims at providing: Concrete guidance on the enforcement of State aid rules at national level focusing on cases...

On 23 July 2021, the European Commission has adopted a new notice on the enforcement of EU State aid rules by national courts (the "New Enforcement Notice"). The New Enforcement Notice aims at providing: Concrete guidance on the enforcement of State aid rules at national level focusing on cases...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, provides a quantitative and qualitative analysis of how EU law in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) is currently enforced....

Cryptocurrencies pose substantial challenges to tax enforcement due to their anonymous and decentralized properties, undermining conventional regulatory practices. We study the impact of an ambitious new enforcement initiative aimed at addressing these challenges: domestic third-party reporting...