Court Decisions

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European Court of Human Rights, 6 May 2026, Isha v. Norway (no. 7905/25) and Emmen v. Norway (no. 9417/25)

Encrypted Communications Platforms

SkyECC and EncroChat evidence before the ECtHR: Norwegian convictions of 20 and 12 years challenged on fair-trial grounds

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European Court of Human Rights

ECtHR

Hoge Raad der Nederlanden, 14 April 2026, 24/02527

EncroChat

Dutch Supreme Court revises its EncroChat framework after C-670/22: Art. 31 also protects users

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Dutch Supreme Court

Netherlands

European Court of Human Rights, 12 February 2026, Raal v. Estonia (no. 14711/25) and Reudolph v. Estonia (no. 14712/25)

ANOM

ANOM evidence reaches Strasbourg: Estonian convictions challenged under Articles 8 and 6 ECHR

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European Court of Human Rights

ECtHR

Audiencia Provincial de València, Sección 3ª, 21 January 2026, Sentencia 24/2026 (Rollo 139/2022)

SkyECC

Valencia Provincial Court acquits 14 defendants: SkyECC data without raw-data access cannot rebut the presumption of innocence

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Provincial Court of Valencia

Spain

Tribunale di Imperia, Sezione penale, order of 19 January 2026, N. 4/25 R.G.T.

EncroChat

Tribunal of Imperia refuses to admit EncroChat evidence: French state secrecy prevents verification of filtering and parsing

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Tribunal of Imperia

Italy

Tribunal Supremo, Sala de lo Penal (Pleno), 16 October 2025, STS 854/2025 (recurso 10025/2025)

EncroChat

Spanish Supreme Court (plenary): EncroChat data admissible, but probative value must be assessed case by case

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Spanish Supreme Court

Spain

Hof van Cassatie van België, 14 October 2025, P.25.0623.N

SkyECC

SkyECC: lawyer communications, bulk encrypted interception and foreign legality requirements

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Appellationsgericht des Kantons Basel-Stadt, 3 October 2025, SB.2023.48

SkyECC

Basel-Stadt Court of Appeal: SkyECC data absolutely inadmissible for violation of Swiss sovereignty

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Court of Appeal of the Canton of Basel-Stadt

Switzerland

Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 16 September 2025, n° 24-84.262

SkyECC

French Court of Cassation refers the SkyECC remedy question to the CJEU (C-625/25)

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French Court of Cassation

France

Obergericht des Kantons Zürich, II. Strafkammer, 15 August 2025, SB240422-O

SkyECC

Zurich High Court: SkyECC data absolutely inadmissible for violation of Swiss sovereignty

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High Court of the Canton of Zurich

Switzerland

Apelacioni sud u Beogradu, Posebno odeljenje, 23 July 2025, Kž2-Po1 214/25

SkyECC

Belgrade Court of Appeal: mutual legal assistance is no guarantee that SkyECC evidence was lawfully obtained

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Court of Appeal of Belgrade (Special Department)

Serbia

European Court of Human Rights, 22 July 2025, Demirhan and Others v. Türkiye (no. 1595/20 and 238 others)

Fair Trial

ECtHR Demirhan and Others v. Türkiye: convictions based on ByLock use alone violate Articles 7 and 6 § 1

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European Court of Human Rights

ECtHR

Corte di Cassazione, Sezione VI penale, 3 July 2025, n. 33511/2025

Fair Trial

Italian Court of Cassation on defence access to trojan log files: requests must be specific

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Italian Court of Cassation

Italy

Court of Justice of the European Union (Third Chamber), 19 June 2025, C-219/25 PPU (Kamekris)

Extradition

CJEU Kamekris: extradition of an EU citizen to a third State after another Member State refused

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Court of Justice of the European Union

CJEU

Cour de cassation, chambre criminelle, 17 June 2025, n° 24-87.110

Encrypted Communications Platforms

French Court of Cassation applies C-670/22: device infiltration abroad must be notified under Art. 31

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French Court of Cassation

France

Landgericht Berlin I, 19 December 2024, 525 KLs 8/22

EncroChat

Berlin Regional Court after C-670/22: EncroChat data excluded, acquittal on 17 of 18 counts

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Regional Court of Berlin

Germany

Oberster Gerichtshof, 13 November 2024, 11 Os 129/24s

SkyECC

Austrian Supreme Court confirms the unconditional SkyECC evidence-use ban under § 55d(7) EU-JZG

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Austrian Supreme Court

Austria

Oberster Gerichtshof, 5 November 2024, 14 Os 107/24b

SkyECC

Austrian Supreme Court: § 55d(7) EU-JZG creates an unconditional ban on using SkyECC interception results

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Austrian Supreme Court

Austria

Hof van Cassatie van België, 22 October 2024, P.24.0858.N

SkyECC

SkyECC: access to PCAP source files and hearing investigators as witnesses

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Cour de cassation de Belgique, 11 September 2024, P.24.0105.F

SkyECC

SkyECC: European Investigation Order and regularity of foreign evidence assessed under foreign law

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Hof van Cassatie van België, 18 June 2024, P.24.0240.N

SkyECC

SkyECC: joint investigation team, Antigoon test and defence access to filtering criteria

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Hof van Cassatie van België, 11 June 2024, P.24.0200.N

SkyECC

SkyECC: private-network doctrine confirmed and limits to foreign file access under Art. 13 of the Mutual Legal Assistance Act

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Court of Justice of the European Union (Grand Chamber), 30 April 2024, C-670/22 (M.N.)

EncroChat

CJEU M.N. (EncroChat): Art. 31 protects users, and evidence the defence cannot comment on must be disregarded

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Court of Justice of the European Union

CJEU

Rechtbank Gelderland, 24 April 2024, 05/287190-23

SkyECC

Gelderland District Court acquits: uncorroborated SkyECC chats do not meet the statutory minimum of evidence

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District Court of Gelderland

Netherlands

Hof van Cassatie van België, 30 January 2024, P.23.1581.N

SkyECC

SkyECC: e-Privacy Directive inapplicable to a private network; effectiveness criterion for retained data

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Hof van Cassatie van België, 31 October 2023, P.23.0998.N

SkyECC

SkyECC: plausibility threshold for access to the mother case; decryption outside Art. 90ter CCP

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Belgian Court of Cassation

Belgium

Oberlandesgericht München, 19 October 2023, 1 Ws 525/23

ANOM

ANOM admissibility too doubtful for pre-trial detention: Munich Higher Regional Court dismisses prosecution appeal

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Higher Regional Court of Munich

Germany

Landgericht Memmingen, 21 August 2023, 1 KLs 401 Js 10121/22

ANOM

Acquittal on ANOM evidence: Memmingen Regional Court applies an exclusionary rule

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Regional Court of Memmingen

Germany

Corte costituzionale, 22 June 2023, sentenza n. 170/2023

Encrypted Communications Platforms

Italian Constitutional Court: chat messages are correspondence and remain protected after delivery

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Italian Constitutional Court

Italy

Okrožno sodišče v Ljubljani, 2 December 2022, III K 24497/2021

SkyECC

Ljubljana District Court excludes SkyECC data: mass surveillance violates the constitutional privacy of communications

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District Court of Ljubljana

Slovenia

Corte di Cassazione, Sezione IV penale, 15 July 2022, n. 32915/2022

SkyECC

Italian Court of Cassation: the defence must be able to know how SkyECC evidence was obtained abroad

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Italian Court of Cassation

Italy

Rechtbank Rotterdam, 20 May 2022, 10/041005-22, 10/041024-22 and 10/060383-22

SkyECC

Rotterdam District Court suspends pre-trial detention of three SkyECC suspects

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District Court of Rotterdam

Netherlands

Landgericht Berlin, 1 July 2021, (525 KLs) 254 Js 592/20 (10/21)

EncroChat

Berlin Regional Court refuses to open main proceedings: EncroChat data inadmissible

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Regional Court of Berlin

Germany