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Council Conclusions on AML 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 5 November 2020, the Council published conclusions on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. The Council mainly encourages the Commission to further elaborate legislative proposals on an EU single rulebook, the structure and tasks of an EU AML/CFT supervisor, and a … Read more
EU Money Laundering
ECA: EU’s Multi-Billion Recovery and Resilience Facility to Be Improved 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 9 September 2020, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) published an opinion that assesses Commission’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). With more than €600 billion, the RRF is the biggest section within the planned Next Generation EU budget (NGEU) and will provide grants … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
ECA Blames EU for Excessive Spending Errors 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 10 November 2020, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) presented its annual report on the 2019 financial year. Each year, the ECA audits the revenue and expenditure of the EU budget and provides a positive or negative opinion on the extent to which the … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
Agreement on Record Budget 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 5 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2020
Following intensive consultations, the German Council Presidency and the European Parliament reached agreement on the EU’s next long-term budget on 10 November 2020. At the initiative of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the EU has around €1.824 trillion available for the period … Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
Spotlight Compromise on Making EU Budget Conditional to Rule of Law Respect 
8 December 2020 (updated 9 months, 2 weeks ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl in Issue 3/2020
Council and European Parliament agreed on a compromise to link the protection of the EU’s financial interests with rule-of-law breaches in the Member States in the future. Hungary and Poland pushed through an "interpretative declaration" at the summit of the 27 EU leaders on 10/11 December 2020. Read more
EU Rule of Law Protection of Financial Interests
CJEU: Recovery of Unduly Paid EU Funds Not Necessarily by Criminal Law 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 1 October 2020, the CJEU ruled on the questions of whether State authorities can enjoy status according to the EU’s Victim Rights Directive and to what extent national law must provide criminal law mechanisms for the recovery of wrongly paid EU subsidies. Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
31th Annual PIF Report 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 3 September 2020, the Commission published the 31st annual report on the protection of the EU’s financial interests, which gives an overview of the main legislative steps, policy initiatives, measures at the EU and national levels, and results as regards the protection of the EU budget in 2019. Read more
EU Protection of Financial Interests
EPPO: Path to Operation 
8 December 2020
Cornelia Riehle LL.M. Cornelia Riehle LL.M. / Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 28 September 2020, European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi and the other 22 European Prosecutors (Mr Frédéric Baab (FR), Mr Cătălin-Laurențiu Borcoman (RO), Mr Jaka Brezigar (SI), Mr Danilo Ceccarelli (IT), Mr Gatis Doniks (LV), Ms Yvonne Farrugia (MT), Ms Teodora Georgieva (BG), Ms Daniëlle … Read more
EU European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
OLAF Supports Successful International Operation in Seizure of Counterfeit Healthcare Products 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 17 September 2020, OLAF reported on a successful cooperation with its international partners, which led to the seizure of counterfeit healthcare and sanitary products in Columbia. OLAF alerted the Colombian police and customs authorities via AMERIPOL – the Police Community of the Americas … Read more
EU OLAF
Customs Operation Daphne Detects Huge Volume of Illicit Cash Flows 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 23 October 2020, OLAF reported on the results of the joint customs operation Daphne that tackled illicit cross-border cash flows. The one-week operation took place in late 2019. It was led by the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency and OLAF and involved 24 EU … Read more
EU OLAF
OLAF and Eurojust Help Dismantle Mafia-Like Gang 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
With the support of OLAF and Eurojust, the Italian Carbinieri managed a successful strike against an organised criminal gang that had established a sophisticated fraud scheme at the expense of EU funds. OLAF was able to prove that the group had committed fraud against EU … Read more
EU OLAF Eurojust
OLAF Investigations in Illegal Funding of Construction Works Lead to Indictments in Hungary 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
On 27 October 2020, OLAF reported that Hungarian public prosecutors had indicted four Hungarians for having pocketed more than €1.7 million in EU and Hungarian funding by illegally overpricing the costs for the renovation of children's playgrounds in Hungarian municipalities. An investigation, which was opened … Read more
EU OLAF
Successful Judicial Follow-Up of OLAF Operation 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
Three persons who siphoned off more than €1.4 million from the EU’s Research and Innovation fund have been sentenced to jail. They were convicted in Genoa/Italy at first instance as a judicial follow-up of OLAF’s operation “Paper Castle” (eucrim 1/2018, 8-9), OLAF reported on … Read more
EU OLAF
OLAF Activity Report 2019 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
In September 2020, OLAF published its activity report for 2019. In 2019, OLAF celebrated its 20th anniversary to commemorate its establishment in 1999. The report shows the wide range of OLAF’s operational activities, such as fraud affecting humanitarian aid, the environment, agricultural and regional … Read more
EU OLAF
Spotlight OLAF and Europol Cooperation on New Footing 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
OLAF and Europol agreed on a new working arrangement. The arrangement entered into force on 9 October 2020 and replaces the administrative agreement between the two bodies of 2004. The working arrangement lays the basis for the exchange of operational, tactical, strategic, and technical information, … Read more
EU OLAF Europol
Commission: Interim Report on Consultation of AI White Paper 
8 December 2020 (updated 5 years, 8 months ago)
Thomas Wahl Thomas Wahl
The Commission issued a first summary report of its consultation on the White Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the first half of 2020. For the White Paper à eucrim 1/2020, 8-9] . The consultation focused on three distinct aspects:Specific actions for the … Read more
EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Legislation