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Europe

Exclusive: Fraud office handling complaints over EU agency jobs

Two complaints made over past year cover several appointments, alleging irregularities in pre-selection, bias, nepotism and graft.

23/02/2024

Europe News

EU fraud agency accuses Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds

French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has been accused of misusing public funds by the EU.

18/04/2022

Europe News

EU anti-fraud office identified nearly €300m in misused public funds

OLAF's 2020 report showed how the organisation had to battle with fraudsters trying to benefit from the pandemic.

10/06/2021

Bulgaria

Bulgaria accused of €6 million police vehicle fraud involving EU cash

Interior ministry officials bought older, secondhand SUVs for the police, instead of new vehicles, violating the terms of an EU cash grant, says OLAF, the bloc's anti-fraud agency.

02/02/2021

Europe News

EU migration chief urges Frontex to clarify pushback allegations

Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for Home Affairs, calls on Frontex, the EU’s border agency, to clarify accusations of involvement in migrant pushbacks.

20/01/2021

Europe News

EU's border agency Frontex probed over migrant pushback claims

The investigation comes after MEPs called for Frontex's director to resign over alleged migrant pushbacks.

12/01/2021

Belgium

What is the European Public Prosecutor’s Office? | Euronews explains

Romania's ex-anti-corruption chief Laura Kovesi is set for an interview to become the EU's new chief prosecutor. Here we explain the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, the new office she could be heading up.

26/02/2019

Europe News

Fraudsters beware

The EU's anti-fraud agency OLAF have been busy. 2017 saw 197 investigations leading to 309 recommendations to recover of €3 billion for the EU budget. Three countries - Romania, Poland and particularly Hungary seemed to be the focus of the most intense scrutiny.

06/06/2018