European Union: Criminal Law

Il Garante Privacy ha stabilito con provvedimento del 4 marzo 2026 che le attività di digital forensics nelle indagini interne aziendali costituiscono trattamento di dati personali soggetto alla normativa privacy.

The Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and Payment Services Regulation (PSR) introduce fundamental changes to the EU payments landscape, including the elimination of the standalone EMI licence, mandatory Verification of Payee requirements, and a significant shift in fraud liability. With a 27-month transitional window, payment institutions and electronic money institutions must begin preparing now to meet the new unified framework's stringent requirements.

The Italian Data Protection Authority has ruled that digital forensics activities conducted during internal corporate investigations must comply with data protection regulations. Following an anonymous whistleblowing report, a company's forensic examination of a senior executive's email and storage was deemed unlawful due to failures in information provision, data processor appointment, and adherence to data minimisation principles.

Reuters is reporting that three individuals have today been convicted of Russian sanctions offences.

It has been reported that the Lithuanian authorities have arrested a Polish national on suspicion of trying to export to Belarus the equivalent of €60,000 in physical currency in Polish zlotys and US dollars.

The Ministry of Justice has unveiled amlcft.public.lu, a centralised national reference portal on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, furthering...

Two brothers face trial for allegedly orchestrating 65 mechanical engineering exports to Russia valued at approximately €833,000 by concealing the true destination through shell companies in Turkey and Kyrgyzstan.

Austria has introduced comprehensive reforms to its Criminal Code of Procedure to address the challenges of securing crypto assets in criminal investigations. The new provisions establish a legal framework for transferring digital currencies to government-controlled wallets and enable premature realization of volatile crypto holdings.

In this article, we examine the offence of breach of trust under Article 390 of the Greek Criminal Code, which may be committed by managing directors, members of the Board of Directors...