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RSSInternational 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.
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- OLAF press release
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.
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- OLAF news article
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.
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- OLAF press release
Over 1,200 tonnes of illegal pesticides were seized as part of the 2021 Operation Silver Axe, the Europol-led operation which involved 35 different countries and led to seizures of illegal and counterfeit products worth an estimated €80 million.
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- OLAF press release
Vital work to keep EU citizens safe from counterfeit or substandard medical equipment linked to the coronavirus pandemic was one of the activities that marked 2020 for the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
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- OLAF press release
Customs fraud can have a significant impact on the EU budget, and protecting this important revenue stream is a key part of the work of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
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- OLAF press release
For the first time, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has played an important coordinating role in Operation Lake, the annual operation led by Europol targeting the trafficking of the protected European eel.
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- OLAF press release
The Unit "National Office for OLAF" of the control section within the Slovak Government Office, together with other partners have published the „Annual Report on the activities of network partners in the field of protection of EU financial interests in the Slovak Republic in 2020“.
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- Partner's press release
Thanks to a tip-off from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), Greek authorities seized a container with 9,650,000 cigarettes in the port of Piraeus (Athens) last week. The smugglers had tried to pass the cigarettes off as suitcases.
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- OLAF press release
Departamentul pentru lupta antifraudă – DLAF a publicat Raportul anual de activitate, aferent perioadei ianuarie-decembrie 2020. Documentul poate fi consultat pe pagina de internet a instituţiei.
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- Partner's press release