Eurojust

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Eurojust is the European Union agency that coordinates judicial cooperation among member states to combat serious cross-border crime.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union agency
judicial cooperation agency
legal person under EU law
abbreviation Eurojust self-link
appliesToJurisdiction all EU Member States
budgetFinancedBy European Union budget
cooperatesWith European Anti-Fraud Office
European Judicial Network
European Public Prosecutor’s Office
Europol
Frontex
national judicial authorities of EU Member States
country European Union
employs judges
legal experts
police officers
prosecutors
fieldOfWork corruption
crimes against humanity
cybercrime
drug trafficking
environmental crime
fraud affecting the financial interests of the EU
genocide
human trafficking
judicial cooperation in criminal matters
money laundering
organized crime
serious cross-border crime
terrorism
war crimes
hasCapacity to assist in resolving conflicts of jurisdiction
to coordinate parallel investigations and prosecutions
to facilitate exchange of information between national authorities
to request that national authorities accept that one Member State may be better placed to prosecute
to request that national authorities initiate investigations
hasMotto Coordinating cross-border investigations and prosecutions
hasOfficeType Liaison Prosecutor
National Desk
hasOrgan Administrative Director
Eurojust self-linksurface differs
surface form: College of Eurojust

Executive Board
National Desks
National Members
headquartersLocation Netherlands
The Hague
inception 2002
jurisdiction European Union
legalBasis Council Decision 2002/187/JHA
Regulation (EU) 2018/1727
locatedInTimeZone Central European Summer Time
Central European Time
memberOf European Union Justice and Home Affairs agencies network
nativeLabel Eurojust self-linksurface differs
surface form: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation
officialLanguage English
French
German
previousName Eurojust self-linksurface differs
surface form: European Judicial Cooperation Unit
purpose to facilitate the execution of mutual legal assistance and extradition requests
to improve coordination of investigations and prosecutions in serious cross-border crime
to support judicial cooperation between EU Member States
replaces Eurojust self-linksurface differs
surface form: Provisional Judicial Cooperation Unit
supervisedBy Council of the European Union
European Parliament
usesInstrument European Arrest Warrant
coordination centres
coordination meetings
freezing and confiscation orders
joint investigation teams
mutual legal assistance
website https://www.eurojust.europa.eu

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Eurojust abbreviation Eurojust self-link
Justice collaboratesWith Eurojust
subject surface form: Justice (Belgium)
this entity surface form: European Union justice institutions
The Hague contains Eurojust
Europol cooperatesWith Eurojust
Europol fullName Eurojust
this entity surface form: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation
Eurojust hasOrgan Eurojust self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: College of Eurojust
Eurojust nativeLabel Eurojust self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation
Eurojust previousName Eurojust self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: European Judicial Cooperation Unit
Eurojust replaces Eurojust self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Provisional Judicial Cooperation Unit