EU ROUND UP – ECJ CONFIRMS EPPO CROSS-BORDER INVESTIGATION RIGHTSEU ROUND UP – ECJ CONFIRMS EPPO CROSS-BORDER INVESTIGATION RIGHTS
January 23rd, 2024
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has rejected a legal bid to trim the power of cross-border criminal investigations launched within the European Union (EU) by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The ECJ was asked to intervene in an Austrian case brought by
German traders accused of smuggling biodiesel into the EU. Because the EPPO believed evidence in the case was stored in Austria, it told its Austria-based delegated prosecutor to launch raids on businesses and homes, which were staged. The traders asked Austrian courts to declare this seized ...
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