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An Operational Partnership Conference of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) took place on 22 and 23 April.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) hosted the first in-person operational meeting of the G7 Sub-Working Group on Export Control Enforcement. Experts from the Group of Seven countries and OLAF met in Brussels on 16-17 April to exchange information and operational results.

During 2023, international operations involving the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) led to the seizure of 616 million illicit cigarettes, 140 tonnes of raw tobacco and 6 tonnes of water pipe tobacco.

In 2023, the Fight against Fraud Department – DLAF achieved the most important post-accession document on the protection of the financial interests of the European Union in Romania.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) welcomes the signature of the Association Agreement on the participation of Ukraine in the Union Anti-fraud programme (2021-2027).

Based on the indictment of the Chief Public Prosecution Office of County Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg, the Nyíregyháza Court of Justice has convicted a woman and her two daughters in first instance who had enriched their family fortune with hundreds of millions of forints by submitting false applications.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is currently holding a three-day training event in Brussels for Ukraine’s anti-fraud and anti-corruption authorities.

De Belgische douane heeft in Zeebrugge een container met bijna 11 miljoen (10.830.000) Chinese sigaretten onderschept, goed voor 5,2 miljoen euro aan Belgische accijnzen, btw en invoerrechten.

Hundreds of thousands of illicit tablets and vials were seized by customs authorities under a targeted action led by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).