On April 8, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) issued an opinion on the Draft Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law. The Assembly has endorsed a draft Convention, which seeks to replace the 1998 Convention on the same topic.

On April 9, 2025, the District of Utah unsealed a criminal complaint charging four US citizens with conspiring to conduct an illegal coup d’état against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Of the four men — Marcel Malanga, 22, Tyler Thompson, 22, Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 37, and Joseph Peter Moesser, 67 — only Peter Moesser was arrested on US soil.[1] The three other men (Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson, and Benjamin Zalman-Polun) have already been tried and convicted in the DRC.  They are currently being held in New York and are expected to make their initial appearance soon at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Moesser made his initial appearance at federal court on April 10, 2025, in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

On April 7, 2025, Justice Roberts, in a per curiam opinion, ruled that the Trump administration could appeal and then vacated the Temporary Restraining Orders issued by Judge Boasberg. The opinion held that the detainees are entitled to notice and opportunity to be heard “appropriate to the nature of the case.”[1]

On April 9, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution and recommendation: Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe.

On April 8, 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (PRC) transferred three Americans to the United States after DRC President Felix Tshisekedi commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment. The first week of April, President Tshisekedi held talks with the visiting U.S. Senior Adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Corina Sanders, in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC.[1]

Seven African nations (Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, and Zambia) have recently arrested 306 suspects and seized 1,842 devices as part of INTERPOL’s Operation Red Card (“the Operation”).[1] The Operation began in November 2024 and aimed to disrupt cross-border cybercriminal organizations that target businesses and individuals (over 5,000 victims) with mobile banking and messaging scams.  Before its execution, the nations involved all shared intelligence, with INTERPOL providing criminal modus operandi data sourced from its partners in the private sector.[2]

On April 2, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion on behalf of the European Union of the Agreement between the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on the cooperation between the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina competent for judicial cooperation in criminal matters.[1]

On April 1, 2025, the European Commission presented ProtectEU – a European Internal Security Strategy to support Member States and bolster the EU's ability to guarantee security for its citizens.[1] The Strategy sets out an ambitious vision and work plan for the years to come, with a sharper legal toolbox, increased information sharing, and deeper cooperation.

Nearly a year and a half after the war began, and with an Israeli state commission of inquiry still a distant prospect, the most comprehensive report on the events of October 7 has been published - but not in Israel. British lawmakers on March 18, 2025, released a detailed, 315-page report describing the massacre committed by Hamas and other terrorist organizations on what has come to be known as “Black Saturday.”[1]

On March 25, 2025, the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court ruled that five bankers who were former top managers of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and profited from cum-cum-share transactions must undergo criminal proceedings. The criminal trial will occur at the third criminal chamber of the Wiesbaden Regional Court, although no date for the start of the trial has been given.[1]