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On 5 July, OLAF hosted a series of multilateral and bilateral meetings with the senior management of NABU, SAPO and USAID.

National authorities from the EU and beyond, as well as NGOs and industry representatives, gathered at the headquarters of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in Brussels on 21-22 June to exchange intelligence and coordinate action on the enforcement of trade sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) assisted 20 Member States seize thousands of fake and illicit toys worth millions of euros under Europol’s operation LUDUS III, which was also supported by the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the World Customs Organisation.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Group Internal Audit Vice Presidency of the World Bank Group (GIA) signed an Administrative Cooperation Arrangement on fighting fraud, corruption, misuse of funds and other illegal activities.

In 2022 the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) protected €600 million of EU taxpayers’ money by recommending the recovery of over €426 million to the EU budget from fraud and irregularities, and by safeguarding a further €200 million.

The European Anti-Fraud Office signed a cooperation agreement with the French National Council of Commercial Court Clerks and GIE Infogreffe who provides the distribution of legal and economic information on business companies on behalf of all of the Registries of all French commercial courts.

On 10 May 2023, the European Anti-Fraud Office participated in a coordinated operation that resulted in the seizure of 1.5 tonnes of live eels, seized from clandestine incubators in France and Spain.

On 24-25 April 2023, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (MPI-CSL) welcomed 80 legal practitioners and academics to Freiburg, Germany, for a conference dedicated to legal anti-fraud research.

International operations involving the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) during 2022 led to the seizure of 531 million illicit cigarettes, more than 205 tonnes of raw tobacco and 65 tonnes of water-pipe tobacco.