France's highest court affirms that collecting digital evidence across EU borders requires Article 31 notification (Directive 2014/41/EU), impacting major transnational criminal cases.

EUROPOL: Mass Surveillance & AI Mining? How defence lawyers champion fundamental rights. Read now!

EncroChat and SkyECC legal defence update 2025 – Joint Defense Team

Christian Lödden reveals the ANOM leaks: How FBI and Lithuanian police misled judges – hundreds of convictions in Germany and Europe now at risk.

The Nimbus case highlights Spain’s strict stance on crypto fraud. Discover how the Joint Defense Team provides expert international criminal defense.

Expert international criminal defence for cryptocurrency and money laundering cases. Blockchain analysis, digital forensics, fair trial advocacy.

On 3 June 2025, the Cour de cassation refused to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a question on the constitutionality of French law which, as currently drafted, denies the possibility of an effective remedy to persons prosecuted in criminal proceedings abroad, but on the basis of SkyECC evidence gathered in French proceedings.

Cross-border investigations are no longer a rarity but have become a daily occurrence for law enforcement agencies. Whether it's cyber fraud, ransomware attacks, money laundering using cryptocurrencies, or complex network intrusions – perpetrators operate globally, and authorities are following suit. The internationalisation of crime and the increasingly close cooperation among law enforcement agencies demand a corresponding response from criminal defence lawyers.

The Dutch authorities wanted and asked the assistance of France by tapping the servers of SkyECC.

Documents from various international criminal cases have once again revealed a different picture of international cooperation in the SkyECC investigation. However, it now appears that France provided another European country (Norway) with the decrypted communications and claims that France (spontaneously) received them from the Netherlands.

Our co-founder Bojana Franović gave an interview to the media regarding SkyECC cases in Montenegro and overall situation in judiciary.

Growing risks for operators of encrypted messaging systems using the example of SkyECC and EncroChat

In December, we reported on the decision of the Berlin court regarding EncroChat after the preliminary questions were answered by the...

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published a report about ANOM and the revelations of our member Christian Lödden.

Our co-founder Justus Reisinger gave a rousing presentation on the legal challenges associated with EncroChat and SkyECC.

At Joint Defense Team we were honored to participate in the LEAP Annual Conference 2025 in Milan.

SkyECC Data Under Fire: Austrian Supreme Court Questions Foreign Evidence Use

Belgian Landmark Ruling: Court Dismisses Prosecution Over Undercover Tactics – Implications for Sky ECC & Beyond?

The Appellate Court of Montenegro delivered its decision to quash the first instance judgement in which SkyECC materials were accepted as...

SkyECC News from Belgium