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Ukrainian State Customs Service inspected a cargo travelling from India to Ukraine after OLAF provided them with a lead on the shipment’s suspicious nature – it seemed unlikely that the goods involved were indeed ‘’pneumatic rubber tyres’’ as claimed by the official documentation.

​​​​​​​The financial impact of detected fraud against the EU budget continued to decline in 2020, according to the annual report on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests (PIF report) adopted by the European Commission today.

​​​​​​​The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has recently been active in fighting illicit waste trafficking from the European Union. OLAF’s alerts and intelligence have already helped the Italian authorities block the attempted international smuggling of some 800 tonnes of waste.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) supported the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Portuguese Guarda Nacional Republicana in an operation against an international criminal network specialised in the illicit production and sale of cigarettes, as well as in the laundering of its illicit profits.

European customs and police authorities have seized nearly 1.8 million litres of wine and alcoholic beverages in a targeted action led by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), as part of the joint Europol-Interpol operation OPSON X.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Spanish authorities dismantled a criminal organisation trafficking in illicit refrigerant gases, which are notoriously harmful for the climate.

International operations broke up a criminal scheme that had infiltrated the European market with counterfeit rum from Central America. The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) acted as the main coordination point between national authorities in Spain, the Netherlands, Honduras and Guatemala.

A joint action day led by the EU border agency Frontex and supported by the OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, has led to the seizure of 6.7 million illegal cigarettes and 2.6 tonnes of raw tobacco, along with half a tonne of illegal drugs.

A working arrangement as basis for coordination and cooperation between their two offices was signed today in Luxembourg by Ville Itälä, Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office and the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Kӧvesi.