The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and Europol have agreed new working arrangements that will further improve the exchange of information between the two bodies and facilitate their joint work on the protection of the EU’s financial interests.
A major customs operation has uncovered illicit cross-border currency flows of €17 million potentially linked to money laundering, transnational criminal networks and terrorism financing.
Hungarian public prosecutors have followed a recommendation from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and opened proceedings against individuals accused of illegally overcharging for the renovation of children’s playgrounds using EU money.
Early this week, Carabinieri Special Units conducted a successful operation in the southern Italian region of Puglia against a criminal group with links to the mafia.
Departamentul pentru lupta antifraudă – DLAF a acordat, la cerere, asistență tehnică Oficiului European de Luptă Antifraudă – OLAF, contribuind la identificarea modului de operare și fraudare a fondurilor europene pe teritoriul României de către o grupare infracțională din Italia.
Three persons have been sentenced to prison by the court of first instance (tribunal) in Genoa, Italy, as a judicial follow-up to an operation run by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Italian Guardia di Finanza.
Italy: ADM e OLAF a difesa del mercato europeo e a tutela del consumatore
Based on intelligence shared by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Italian authorities seized over 4,000 counterfeit bearings (370kg) originating from China.
In a criminal case – in which the investigations were partly based on the judicial recommendation of the OLAF - the Metropolitan Public Prosecution Office has filed an indictment for unauthorized use of EU subventions and proposed that the court shall sentence the defendants to imprisonment.
The first conference of the investigative units of the external aid agencies of the EU’s Member States took place at the end of last week. OLAF organised the event with the intention to share its investigative expertise and create a community of national experts.
Spain: La Agencia Tributaria interviene 260.000 cajetillas de tabaco de contrabando en un contenedor en Barcelona
Thanks to targeted information supplied by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Spanish customs officials in Barcelona have seized more than 260,000 packs of contraband tobacco, worth more than €1 million.
37 million illegal cigarettes, over 1.8 tons of tobacco and more than 3.5 thousand litres of illegal fuel were some of the seizures made by European border guards, police and customs officers in the course of operation Joint Action Day Arktos 2.
Law enforcement authorities seized 37 millions of illegal cigarettes and more than 3.5 thousand litres of illegal fuel this monthin a ten-day operation led by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
Europol coordinated operation Shield, a global effort to target trafficking of counterfeit and misused medicines and doping substances.
Europol’s operation Shield, a global effort to target trafficking of counterfeit and misused medicines and doping substances, took place between March and September 2020. OLAF participated in the operation along with a total 27 countries(19 EU Member States and 8 third countries).
The Central Investigative Public Prosecution Office has submitted an indictment to the Metropolitan Court of Justice for budgetary fraud causing extraordinary damage and for other criminal offences against a former Member of the European Parliament and his seven accomplices.
International Anti-Corruption Day is held each year on 9 December, and this year saw OLAF mark the day with its first virtual conference.
Almost 140,000 litres of hand sanitiser have been seized so far in the European Union thanks to information provided by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). The hand sanitiser originated from Turkey and contained dangerously high levels of methanol.