23rd CrimEx meeting focuses on conflict of jurisdictions topics and Joint Investigations Teams

On 05-06 May 2026, the EuroMed Justice (EMJ) project organised the 23^rd CrimEx meeting in Stockholm, Sweden. The meeting brought together criminal justice representatives from six South Partner Countries (SPCs) and eleven European Union Member States. Participants addressed technical and strategic aspects of international judicial cooperation, focusing on the topics of conflict of jurisdictions and Joint Investigations Teams.

The outcomes and suggested recommendations from the 7^th EMJNet meeting focusing on the topic of conflict of jurisdictions and Joint Investigations Teams were shared for the CrimEx representatives’ consideration and discussion. The CrimEx members exchanged on the challenges and best practices related to these topics and prepared consolidated recommendations for endorsement to the Prosecutor Generals Forum, planned for end of June. Participants took note of the project results in 2025 and planned activities in 2026 and further discussed the preparations and the agenda for the PG Forum.

In the margins of the main discussions, three bilateral meetings took place between the delegations.

On the afternoon of the second day, the representatives of South Partner Countries took part in a study-visit to the Swedish Prosecution Authority’s Headquarters.

Relevant Eurojust guidelines on the topic of conflict of jurisdictions and Joint Investigations Teams have been translated into Arabic and are made publicly available in the online repository on the EMJ website and on the Eurojust website:

• Guidelines on Joint Investigation Teams Involving Third Countries
• Guidelines for deciding ‘Which jurisdiction should prosecute?’
• Model agreement for setting up a Joint Investigation Team