Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Ladislav Hamran, head of the European Justice Agency "Eurojust", which is based in The Hague, the Netherlands, said that the record workload for 2022 has reached 11,544 cases, which confirms the upward trend in the investigations that we support. Compared to 2021 (10105), this represents an increase of 14%. We thank prosecutors and investigative judges across the continent for their daily trust in Eurojust, he added, through the bulletin issued by the agency, which we call a copy. increasingly related to money laundering in recent years, as evidenced by Eurojust's October report on money laundering.
For example, nearly 3,000 cases of cross-border money laundering have been recorded in Eurojust over the past six years. Since 2016, the number of cases brought to the agency has risen steadily. More than 600 cases were brought to the agency in 2021, more than double those recorded in 2016.
These are some of the findings of Eurojust's first comprehensive report on money laundering, which was published last October
"In addition to our operational work, we had a fall season with many high-level meetings. Among them was the visit of the Slovak Prime Minister, Mr. Edvard Heger, who visited us in November to learn more about Eurojust's work in support of investigations into alleged core international crimes in Ukraine," said the European official. From a more practical point of view, in October Eurojust hosted its largest-ever meeting of prosecutors specializing in the fight against migrant smuggling, and continues to play a pivotal role in prosecutors' efforts to coordinate.
  The newsletter also includes more details on some of the major investigations supported by Eurojust in the past quarter, including the disruption of a massive investment scam with hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide. The European Justice Office has also released new publications, such as Eurojust's first report on the transfer of proceedings in the European Union and the Eurojust report on money laundering.