On 8 June 2022, the EPPO established the first formal cooperation arrangement with the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of a Member State. Claudio Clemente, director of FIU Italy, and Danilo Ceccarelli, Deputy European Chief Prosecutor and European Prosecutor for Italy, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of facilitating cooperation between the bodies regarding suspicious financial transactions. The MoU lays down rules on:

• The exchange of information between the two parties;
• Analytical support;
• Suspension of suspicious transactions;
• Data protection;
• Mutual training initiatives.