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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Independence Day, Cyprus! Χρόνια πολλά, Κύπρος! 🎉 Earlier this year, Cyprus launched its first National Anti-Fraud Strategy 2026–2031 🛡️ One national framework to better prevent, detect and manage fraud affecting EU funds💶 More info: link.europa.eu/vNwcf7

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

💊 A "painkiller" bought online can be a deadly synthetic opioid. 🎥@euronews.com' "Europe's Dark Economy" shows how fake medicines hide among the growing number of small e-commerce parcels. Watch the 2nd episode here 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzXo...

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Counterfeit medicine trade: how online pharmacies are selling deadly fake painkillers across Europe

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great to visit the Belgian office of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and meet European Prosecutor Jennifer Vanderputten and her team. Strong partnerships are at the 💙 of the EU anti-fraud architecture: genuine cooperation, swift communication and protecting the EU's financial interests.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was a pleasure welcoming Advokatsamfundet, the Danish Bar & Law Society, to our office in Brussels! The visit focused on OLAF's work protecting the EU's financial interests, cooperation with anti-fraud partners, & the role legal professionals play in safeguarding the rule of law across Europe⚖️

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🙋The EU's biggest customs overhaul since 1968 entered into force this week! ✅Real-time EU Customs Data Hub ✅Low-value parcel loophole closing ✅Platforms now liable as importers ✅New EU Customs Authority (Lille) Fewer gaps, less room for fraud: link.europa.eu/QnCxbb

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EU Customs Reform marks a new era for customs in Europe

The EU Customs Reform has entered into force, marking the start of a better, smarter and simpler customs system across the EU.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy Independence Day, Malta! Awguri! 🇲🇹 💡Did you know? Every EU country has its own AFCOS - OLAF's partner on the ground. Malta's has worked with us since joining the EU in 2004. 🔗More on what AFCOS is: link.europa.eu/TP6Rft

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Policy cooperation with EU Member States

OLAF cooperates closely with EU countries on policy matters.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚨A large-scale network smuggling e-cigarettes from China to the EU has been dismantled by German customs: 13 arrest warrants, 600,000+ illegal vapes seized, €2.25M+ in assets frozen. OLAF supported the operation throughout. More on the story 👇 www.zoll.de/SharedDocs/P...

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Illegale Einfuhr von Einweg-E-Zigaretten

Durchsuchungen und Vollstreckung von Haftbefehlen; geschätzter Steuerschaden in Höhe von 33 Millionen Euro

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

News: the @ec.europa.eu checked the rules behind OLAF's work and they hold up. ✅ The evaluation confirms OLAF has a solid legal basis to fight fraud, corruption & irregularities affecting EU money — with a few areas flagged to improve. More info 👉 link.europa.eu/kwVVt7

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Today's the day 🇪🇺 President von der Leyen addresses the European Parliament this morning, 09:00 CEST 🔎achievements & priorities for the year ahead. Protecting the EU budget is part of that story, and OLAF plays its part. Watch live: webcast.ec.europa.eu/soteu-2026 #SOTEU2026

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

International Day of Democracy 🫂 Every euro of EU funding lost to fraud is a euro that doesn't reach the people it was meant for and trust that doesn't get earned back easily. Our investigations are how the EU keeps faith with citizens that public money is spent as promised. link.europa.eu/nWFWKT

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Joint statement by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen, High Representative Kallas and Commissioner McGrath ahead of International Day of Democracy

Democracy is built on the ability of people to shape the decisions that affect their lives. It is sustained through dialogue, differing opinions and compromise, and reinforced by everyday acts of part...

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today we met Maria Thestrup, the World Bank's new VP for Integrity — but the cooperation behind it? Over 20 years of joint work on fraud investigations and anti-fraud policies. 🤝

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Today is the International Day of Police Cooperation 🤝 👮 A good example of what it delivers: we helped coordinate Spain's Guardia Civil, Poland's CBI, Portugal's GNR, Lithuania's Criminal Investigation Service and @europol.europa.eu to dismantle a counterfeit tobacco network: link.europa.eu/8Vg4Qk 👀

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Tobacco: OLAF joins forces to dismantle multimillion euro illicit cigarette supply chain

OLAF can reveal it was involved in an operation that succeeded in dismantling two international organisations based in Spain, involved in the manufacture, distribution and trafficking of counterfeit t...

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🤝Meeting with Mr. Mohammad Hasan Arif, Vice-Chairman of Bangladesh's Export Promotion Bureau. 👥13 years of cooperation since our 2012 agreement — and counting. Goal: protect honest traders and keep the EU-Bangladesh trade system fair.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎥 Ep. 1 of Euronews' new series on illicit trade & counterfeiting in Europe: youtu.be/1M7-IyxTS1c?... 📦We teamed up with Spanish customs to screen containers at the Port of Alicante, hunting counterfeits hidden among legit cargo ⚠️5% of EU imports are fake, €83B/year lost - from medicine to car parts

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Fake goods, real danger: the €83 billion business behind Europe's illicit trade

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

📢Recently we brought you news on how changes in the law will enhance our investigations into potential EU VAT fraud. 👀We now take a look back to some of our work in this area last year via the 2025 OLAF annual report 2025. 🇪🇺 link.europa.eu/9qXHbV

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The OLAF report 2025: Investigative activities - Revenue investigations & customs

The OLAF report 2025

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🇭🇺 Happy National Day, Hungary! 🎉 Here's how OLAF has Hungary's back: we found EU-funded rural projects weren't delivering as promised - a forest was even cut down instead of protected... ~€500k kept safe 💶 🔗https://link.europa.eu/JvNBvv

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OLAF investigation uncovered misuse of rural development funds in Hungary

OLAF has uncovered serious issues in a number of projects in Hungary funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. These projects aimed to promote tourism and serve the public by pro...

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

📢As of today a new law enters into force allowing OLAF to receive reports on potential VAT fraud from the organisation that counters EU wide VAT fraud: Eurofisc. ➡️Further changes coming into force in 2030 will allow OLAF to access EU databases dealing with potential VAT fraud.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🤝 Great cooperation, even greater results: 19 searches in Romania into suspected €7M procurement fraud involving EU-funded IT projects. OLAF provided operational analysis in support. Cooperation is key to ensuring EU taxpayers' money doesn't end up in the wrong hands. link.europa.eu/Mvh4Gc

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Romania: EPPO conducts searches in probe into €7 million procurement fraud

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania), 19 searches were conducted today at the premises of individuals and companies in an investigation into suspected pro...

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Like a solar eclipse, fraud can cast EU finances into the shadows 🌑 OLAF works to restore the light: tracing EU money and uncovering fraud against the EU budget. This summer, read the 2025 OLAF Report to see what lies behind the shadows 😎 link.europa.eu/T94WtP

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

☀️ Be vigilant this summer — scams in the name of OLAF ⚠️ 🙅 We never request or offer money transfers to citizens. If someone claims otherwise (even "recovering" lost money): not us. 🔎 Real OLAF emails only from @ec.europa.eu 🔎 Real site: anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu Full info ➡️ link.europa.eu/jHQj38

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🚨OLAF helps Lithuanian authorities dismantle a major counterfeit nicotine pouch factory. 📦330 000 boxes of counterfeit nicotine pouches and sophisticated production equipment were seized following a raid of the premises. 📰Find out more: link.europa.eu/pWdvYR

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🗣️ Every OLAF investigation comes with a built-in safeguard: the Controller of procedural guarantees, reviewing complaints in complete independence! The role is now open for applications. Know the right profile? Applications open 👉 link.europa.eu/P8jBw7

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

OLAF investigates fraud against the EU budget, and its independence is guaranteed by dedicated oversight bodies. 📢 The Supervisory Committee of OLAF, independent members reinforcing OLAF's independence, is now recruiting new members. Know the right profile? Applications open 👇 link.europa.eu/WWBXYQ

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

📣Out now! The 2025 Protection of Financial Interest report assesses the anti-fraud cycle & highlights how EU anti-fraud teamwork is paying off. Between 2016 & 2025, follow-up on completed financial recommendations led to the recovery of more than €5.3 billion. 📰https://link.europa.eu/nDwHwr

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Joyeuse fête nationale! Gelukkige nationale feestdag! Einen schönen Nationalfeiertag! 🫶 Extra reason to celebrate: in our joint customs operation, Belgian customs made the biggest seizure of all: 1.7M illegal e-cigarettes off the streets⚠️ link.europa.eu/yKfQqg

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JCO VAPE: OLAF and international customs authorities crack down on illegal trade in e-cigarettes

The European Anti-Fraud Office, together with customs authorities from 30 countries, has successfully carried out a large-scale operation targeting the illicit trade in e-cigarettes and heated tobacco...

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

📢 Out now the 2026 Rule of Law Report examining rule of law developments in the EU & four enlargement countries. Key findings on: 💼 Anti-corruption frameworks ⚖️ Justice systems 📰 Media freedom & pluralism 🏛️ Institutional checks & balances 🔗https://link.europa.eu/6yJVNK

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

🤝OLAF DG Petr Klement held positive discussions with Italian Anti-Fraud Coordination Service's (AFCOS) General Gianluigi D'Alfonso on working together to protect EU funds. Find out more about the important role that AFCOS play in the fight against fraud 👉 link.europa.eu/vFw3qq

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

After 30+ years in EU justice, science, and anti-fraud, OLAF's DDG @sallaloi.bsky.social starts a new chapter ➡️ seconded to the University of Helsinki as Executive in Residence from 16 September. 📢 link.europa.eu/dDYQQc Kiitos and good luck, Salla! 🌟

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

OLAF DDG @sallaloi.bsky.social in the @europarl.europa.eu for the last plenary meeting before the summer ☀️ 📣Let's continue the good work in protecting the EU budget! 👏

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🚬 Multimillion euro illicit cigarette supply chain dismantled in Spain 📊 20M cigarettes + 38.4t tobacco (~€10M) 💶 €170K cash, guns, 18 vehicles OLAF + @europol.europa.eu coordinated with Spanish, Portuguese, Polish & Lithuanian authorities 🤝 🔎Read the full story here: link.europa.eu/8Vg4Qk

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🗨️ OLAF's Deputy Director-General @sallaloi.bsky.social tells us about her meetings with Members of @euauditors.bsky.social Mr Hyzler and Mr Christoforou & the ongoing work with our partner in the anti-fraud landscape:

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Yesterday, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled on the misuse of European Parliament allowances (2004–2016) by MEPs and parliamentary assistants from the Front National — now Rassemblement National.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

⚠️Fake condoms? Yes - putting public health at risk with STIs, unplanned pregnancies and unsafe materials. OLAF disrupted a trafficking route for 200,000+ counterfeit condoms, falsely declared as toys to skip customs. Read the full story 👉 link.europa.eu/RB6cJ9

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

👉 OLAF and Spain's tax authority co-organised an event in Madrid with EU Trade & Economic Security, Spain's Ministry of Economy, and Thailand's Foreign Trade Dept. Topic: cracking down on anti-circumvention & false origin claims 🛃 Thailand is a key EU partner in verifying where goods come from🔍

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

⚠️ Counterfeiting isn't just fake handbags. Fake parts in aircrafts, energy or telecom systems can put our safety on the line. 🤝 OLAF and EUIPO gathered customs and industry in Alicante to fight it. Read more 👉 link.europa.eu/n3nghM

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OLAF and EUIPO joined forces to protect critical sectors from counterfeit threats

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) brought together customs authorities, international organisations and industry experts to combat count...

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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 30/06/2026

The Council presidency baton is passing from Cyprus 🇨🇾 ➡️ to Ireland 🇮🇪 Ευχαριστούμε (thank you) @cy2026eu.bsky.social for your leadership over the last six months. On 1 July, we say 👋 Céad míle fáilte (welcome) to the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU. More to come🔜 #CY2026EU #Ireland2026EU

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Millions of unsafe vapes are entering the EU market each year, often disguised as everyday consumer goods to evade customs controls and taxes. Read today’s interview with OLAF’s DG in the Irish Times to see how we combat this growing threat 👇 www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...

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European market ‘flooded’ with unsafe vapes, EU anti-fraud chief says

Recent crackdown uncovered millions of vapes shipping into EU labelled as toys, earphones, shoes and essential oils to avoid tax

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

🛃One false customs declaration can generate losses on multiple fronts and open the door to wider fraud schemes. Early detection is key. OLAF's message to MEPs: stronger cooperation, faster information sharing, and a criminal law approach to VAT fraud.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

👚4,200 tonnes of textile waste: mislabelled and shipped from Italy to Türkiye to dodge recycling costs. ♻️Acrylic fibres that last 200 years in the environment. OLAF, Italian Carabinieri, ARPAT & Turkish customs tracked it down. EUR 12M seized. ▶️ link.europa.eu/6MdQHD

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Srečen Dan državnosti ✨Happy National Day Slovenia! 🤝 In 2026, cooperation between OLAF & Slovenian partners continues to deliver concrete results against fraud & illicit trade, such as the uncovering of a major💶197M VAT and customs fraud scheme: link.europa.eu/c9b3cT

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OLAF plays a central role in uncovering a major VAT and customs fraud involving imports of undeclared goods

The European Anti-Fraud Office has played a central role in uncovering a large-scale customs and VAT fraud scheme involving imports of textiles, footwear, electric bicycles and other goods - leading t...

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Today at the @europarl.europa.eu OLAF Deputy Director-General Salla Saastamoinen spoke on RRF oversight and the next MFF ➡️ outlining OLAF's role in protecting EU funds and what stronger national anti-fraud systems need to look like for 2028–2034 💶

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Grazie EC Representation in Rome, for hosting us and for all your logistical support in Rome this week 🤗🇮🇹 OLAF DG Petr Klement also met Cladio Casini, Head of the @ec.europa.eu Rep. in Rome, to discuss the protection of the EU budget in Italy & how to raise awareness of OLAF’s role on the ground. 🇪🇺

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🤝 In a visit to Guardia di Finanza HQ in Rome OLAF DG Petr Klement held positive meetings with chief of staff General Arbore and head of Department of Information Cooperation General Giordano & colleagues on how OLAF and GDF can work together to increase protection of EU funds.

OLAF DG Petr Klement with Guardia di Finanza Chief of Staff General Arbore

OLAF DG Petr Klement and colleagues meeting with with head of Guardia di Finanza's Department of Information Coordination & International Relations and team.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Signed in Rome✍️OLAF DG Klement and President of Corte dei conti Mr Carlino, together with Prosecutor General Mr Silvestri, signed a new cooperation agreement: broader information sharing & sharper anti-fraud analysis of EU funds in Italy 📝 🇮🇹 Grazie per la collaborazione!🤝

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Good meeting with Carabinieri Commander-General Luongo & the Carabinieri Forestry, Environmental and Agri-food Command in Rome. Years of cooperation on environmental crime & agri-food fraud — and shared determination to tackle illicit waste trafficking & protect EU funds. 👏

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🤝 OLAF DG Petr Klement met with Head of Dept of European Affairs at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Italy, Stefano Verrecchia and Col. Cruciani from the Italian AFCOS Technical Secretariat to discuss how to increase cooperation to help protect EU funds in Italy.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🇮🇹🤝🇪🇺 In Rome, OLAF DG Petr Klement & colleagues met with the Director of the Bank of Italy's Financial Intelligence Unit Mr Enzo Serata & colleagues for positive discussions on how to exchange more information to protect the EU's financial interests.

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European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Anti-fraud experts are in Cyprus this week for the 2nd Technical Workshop on Digital Anti-Fraud Tools 🛠️ On the agenda: the first results of the Digital Anti-Fraud Toolbox and a new data-sharing agreement with the Cyprus Dep. of Registrar of Companies. Full story👉https://link.europa.eu/vdQB9F

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