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The CATONE Project (Cooperation Agreements and Training on Objectives and New Experiences) is an event organised by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Corte dei conti, in partnership with the antifraud committee of the Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri, co-financed by OLAF.

More than 80 investigators from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) participated in the Conference of International Investigators (CII) from 4 to 6 May. The CII is a forum for investigators of international organisations in which OLAF actively participates.

On 5 May, experts from the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) took part in a workshop session on “Transfrontier Shipments of Waste: EU Regulations and illicit trafficking patterns’’.

Officials of the Tax Agency and agents of the National Police have dismantled the first illegal 3D weapons manufacturing workshop in Spain.

Hundreds of counterfeit sports shoes, counterfeit textiles from high-end brands and over €25,000 in cash were seized in a warehouse in Antwerp, Belgium.

Operation LUDUS led to the seizure of almost 5 million toys, for a total worth of over €16 million. The operation ran between 19 October 2020 and 31 January 2021 – that is, around the past winter holiday season, a busy period for shoppers looking to buy gifts for children. 

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has warned governments to be on their guard against offers to provide them with COVID-19 vaccines. These offers are very often fake, and should be reported. 

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine have signed an administrative cooperation arrangement aimed at protecting the EU’s financial interests against fraud and other illegal activities.

On 10 February 2021, anti-fraud communicators from across the European Union took to their computers and smart phones for the 30th annual meeting of the OAFCN, the OLAF Anti-Fraud Communicators’ Network.