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In 2021, world-wide operations involving the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) resulted in the seizure of hundreds of millions of illicit cigarettes. OLAF’s investigators were also busy tracking down tobacco used in the illicit production of cigarettes and counterfeit or contraband waterpipe tobacco

​​​​​​​The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has been providing support to Polish police authorities in a case involving fake medical products that has resulted in the arrest of 34 people.

The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Hungary have signed a cooperation arrangement, which commits both to closer cooperation in order to protect EU funds from potential fraud in the country.

Over 80 participants took part in this year’s OLAF Anti-Fraud Communicators' Network (OAFCN) meeting where discussion ranged from communication on the Recovery and Resilience Facility to best practices from national authorities in Greece, Italy, Latvia and Slovakia and the use of podcasts!

A few incidents of fraud and phishing attempts using hoax messages and letters purporting to be from OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office have been detected. Be aware that OLAF never offers or requests money transfers to or from citizens.

Following a joint investigation led by the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), a group of nine persons and companies from Italy and Romania are now due to stand trial in Romania on charges of defrauding nearly €850,000 worth of EU agricultural funds meant for tomato production.

Under Europol’s Operation SHIELD II, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) led an enforcement action targeting counterfeit and substandard hormonal substances, food supplements and medicines for erectile dysfunction.

Today, the European Commission adopted a proposal to revise the EU’s rules on waste shipments. The proposed changes include enhancing the role of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) to counter cross-border waste trafficking involving suspicious movements inside the EU.

In June 2021, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) transmitted to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) information concerning potential fraud committed in the framework of a project co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in Croatia.