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Annual Report on Cyber Threat Landscape 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 1 month ago)
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On 20 October 2020, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) published the annual report on cyber threats – the “ENISA Threat Landscape 2020” (ETL 2020). The report identified and evaluated the top cyber threats in the EU between January 2019 and April 2020. It … Read more
EU Cybercrime
Council Conclusions on IP Policy 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 1 month ago)
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In its conclusions on intellectual property policy of 10 November 2020, the Council sets up a number of guidelines on better intellectual property enforcement. The Council is concerned that there is still a high number of counterfeit goods being offered on online marketplaces – … Read more
EU Counterfeiting & Piracy
No Implementation of 5th AMLD: Commission Acts against Cyprus 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 1 month ago)
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In October 2020, the Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus for not having notified any measures for the transposition of the 5th Anti-Money-Laundering Directive (AMLD). The 5th AMLD was adopted in 2018 and further develops the obligations as laid down in the 4th AMLD … Read more
EU Money Laundering
EDPS Takes Position on Commission AML/CFT Action Plan of May 2020 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 1 month ago)
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In Opinion 5/2020, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) assesses the data protection implications of several measures proposed in the Commission’s action plan for a comprehensive Union policy on preventing money laundering and terrorism financing (eucrim 2/2020, 87-89). The EDPS welcomes several … Read more
EU Money Laundering
Council Conclusions on AML 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 1 month ago)
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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 4 years, 1 month ago)
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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 4 years, 1 month ago)
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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 3 years, 10 months ago)
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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
CJEU: Recovery of Unduly Paid EU Funds Not Necessarily by Criminal Law 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 2 months ago)
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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 4 years, 2 months ago)
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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 
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 Prosectutor's Office (EPPO)
OLAF Supports Successful International Operation in Seizure of Counterfeit Healthcare Products 
8 December 2020 (updated 4 years, 2 months ago)
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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 4 years, 2 months ago)
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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 4 years, 2 months ago)
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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 4 years, 2 months ago)
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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