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Cyberviolence Resource tool on domestic legislation on cyberviolence worldwide was launched
Under the Cyberviolence Resource a new web page on domestic legislation on cyberviolence was launched. This webpage gathers over 1600 entries reflecting responses to a questionnaire adopted by...
International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking 2026: Statement by the Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group)
On the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, the Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group) reaffirms its commitment to addressing drug-related challenges and addictions through balanced, evidence-based and...
Council of Europe justice ministers call for a more robust criminal-justice response to financial crime
Declaration presented by the Monegasque Presidency calls for more effective investigations and prosecutions, greater cooperation and improved recovery of criminal assets
Strengthening action against illegal drug trafficking via general aviation: International experts gather in Strasbourg for the 7th Expert Network Session
On 10 and 11 June 2026, Strasbourg became the focal point for over 70 international experts, law enforcement, and border officials committed to countering the misuse of private aircrafts, helicopters and other non-commercial aviation for illegal drug trafficking and related illicit financial...
Level of human trafficking for forced criminality rising in Europe
Warning comes from Council of Europe expert group GRETA in annual report
Safe digital environments: Pompidou Group’s advancing action on the mental health and wellbeing of children and youth online
Policymakers, researchers and practitioners from the Pompidou Group member States and internationally gathered in Vienna and online on 2–3 June 2026 for a thematic seminar dedicated to the topic of online and digital addictions....
Committee denounces ‘the use of starvation as a method of warfare’
The Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development, meeting in Athens on 3 June, expressed concern that overlapping crises are severely undermining food security, food systems and nutrition worldwide. It strongly condemned “the use of famine as a method of warfare”, the unlawful...
Europe strengthens co-operation on drug policy and addictions at Pompidou Group meeting in Vienna
How can Europe respond more effectively to organised crime linked to drug trafficking, protect human rights, and tackle emerging forms of addiction in an increasingly digital world? These questions were at the centre of the 98th meeting of the Pompidou Group of the Council of Europe, held in...
Pompidou Group adopts new Guidelines to strengthen member States' response to drug-related organised crime (OC-DT)
The Permanent Correspondents of the Pompidou Group have adopted new Guidelines designed to strengthen member States’ response to Organised Crime linked to Drug Trafficking, while ensuring full respect for human rights.
Monaco’s Foreign Minister chairs Committee of Ministers meeting for first time in presidency
Isabelle Berro-Amadeï attends flag-raising ceremony and launch of tram in Monaco’s national colours in Strasbourg
New Council of Europe treaty to strengthen criminal asset recovery
Provisions strengthen cross-border cooperation against criminal networks
Council of Europe calls for wider accession to the Medicrime Convention
Weight-loss and performance-enhancing drugs are particular counterfeiting targets
Parliamentary Assembly calls for accountability in the Sergei Magnitsky case
European states called on to reverse the burden of proof in cases of unexplained wealth
#EndOrganTraffickingDay : a message from Pavla BUREŠOVÁ, the Chair of the Santiago de Compostela Committee
Today, on the International Day Against Organ Trafficking, we renew our commitment to fight one of the most disturbing criminal phenomena of our time. Organ trafficking is not just a grave.... Newsroom of the website on countering the trafficking in human organs
Bosnia and Herzegovina signs the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs
On 17 March, Mr Davor Bunoza, Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed the Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human Organs, known as the Santiago de Compostela.... Newsroom of the website on countering the trafficking in human organs
MEDICRIME Convention and EMVO join forces to combat pharmaceutical crime
On 6 March 2026, the MEDICRIME Convention was presented at the EMVS Forum in Brussels (Belgium). Organised by the European Medicines Verification Organisation (EMVO) in partnership with the...
MEDICRIME Convention presented as a key tool to tackle online sales of falsified medical products in Belgrade
From 10 to 12 March 2026, the MEDICRIME Convention was highlighted as an effective instrument in the fight against the online sale of falsified medical products during a workshop held in...
Council of Europe calls for stronger co-operation and balanced drug policies at the 69th CND Session
Today, 10 March 2026, in Vienna, Ambassador Gerhard DOUJAK, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Vienna, delivered a statement on behalf of the Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (Pompidou Group)....
The Council of Europe International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions at the 69th UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs: advancing human rights-based drug policies
From 9 to 13 March 2026, the international drug policy community will gather in Vienna for the 69th Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND). As the capital city for the Presidency of the Council of Europe’s International Co-operation Group on Drugs and Addictions (2026–2027), Vienna...
Holding accountable the perpetrators and beneficiaries of the crime identified by Sergei Magnitsky
PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs has reiterated its call “for all those responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky, as well as the beneficiaries of the fraud he uncovered, to be held accountable”. Mr Magnitsky, a Russian tax adviser and auditor, uncovered a US$230 million fraud perpetrated by...
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