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1. The Directive on the Fight against Fraud to the Union’s Financial Interests and its Transposition into the Spanish Law
(Demelsa Benito Sánchez/Essay)

This paper aims at analysing the content of the PIF Directive and assessing its transposition into the Spanish Law. To achieve these objectives, this paper starts with a detailed study of the criminal ...

2. Another Brick in the Whole. The Case-Law of the Court of Justice on Free Movement and Its Possible Impact on European Criminal Law
(Leandro Mancano/Essay)

European Union, and criminal, laws had been interacting in many ways even before explicit competence in criminal matters was acquired by the Union in the Treaty of Maastricht. Such intersections between ...

3. Ne bis in idem: a separation of acts in transnational cases?
(Márk Némedi/Essay)

... of the European Union. The article will conclude by summarising the findings which may put into perspective the more general challenges of cooperation in criminal matters within the EU. ...

4. The returns directive in light of the El Dridi judgment
(Rosa Raffaelli/Note)

The judgment of the Court of Justice of the EU in the El Dridi case clarifies the scope of application of the Returns Directive, in particular with regard to the difference between criminal detention ...