This issue contains an editorial written by H.E. Félix Braz, Luxembourg Minister of Justice, and it includes the following items of particular interest:
Article from Ms Vĕra Jourová, Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, entitled The Cost(s) of Non-Europe in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice - The European Public Prosecutor’s Office as a Guardian of the European Taxpayers’ Money (page 94-98);
New adopted EU legislations, particularly: Europol Regulation, FRONTEX Regulation, Directive on procedural safeguards for children who are suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings, Data Protection Directive for the police and criminal justice sector and EU PNR Directive;
New proposals on legislation, such as the Commission proposal on amendments to the anti-money-laundering legislation and the Greens/EFA initiative on a whistle-blowers directive.
Background
Eucrim is a very well established online journal that serves as a Europe-wide forum for European criminal law. It encourages the discussion among both practitioners and academics, hence it allows the readers to perform a deep analysis on the current affairs.