February 13, 2023

Artikel: Every Euro Counts ... and So Does Every Second

February 13, 2023/ joyce verhaert

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), operational since 1 June 2021, has not just been established to bring the perpetrators of EU fraud to justice but also to help recover the criminal profits they have acquired in the process. Thus, its raison d’être not only matches the traditional political axiom that crime does not pay but equally serves another goal formulated by European politicians across the board: money spent under the EU budget should not end up in the wrong hands. From a taxpayers’ viewpoint, this understandable ambition has not proved to be self-fulfilling over time, and this is where the EPPO could well take up its role as the ultimate remedy in the EU’s antifraud chain.

January 16, 2023

Artikel: The Players in the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests

January 16, 2023/ joyce verhaert

Cooperation between authorities conducting administrative investigations and those conducting criminal investigations at both the EU and Member State levels is essential to ensure a high level of protection in view of the EU's financial interests. However, the legal framework governing the role and competences of individual authorities at the EU level seems much clearer than the corresponding national legal frameworks of the Member States. Indeed, at the Member State level, the legal frameworks for conducting investigations, whether administrative or criminal, significantly differ from Member State to Member State. Likewise, there is no clear legal framework at the EU level that defines and sets standards regarding the mandatory control mechanisms that must be established at the level of the entire system for the protection of the EU’s financial interests in the Member States. This also applies in relation to the players that need to be involved in the protection of the EU's financial interests. The article tackles the issue of the necessity to harmonise both criminal and administrative legislation at the level of Member States as well as the need for a clear definition of which players should be involved in the protection of the EU budget.

January 11, 2023

Artikel: The Players in the Protection of the EU’s Financial Interests

January 11, 2023/ joyce verhaert

Cooperation between authorities conducting administrative investigations and those conducting criminal investigations at both the EU and Member State levels is essential to ensure a high level of protection in view of the EU's financial interests. However, the legal framework governing the role and competences of individual authorities at the EU level seems much clearer than the corresponding national legal frameworks of the Member States. Indeed, at the Member State level, the legal frameworks for conducting investigations, whether administrative or criminal, significantly differ from Member State to Member State. Likewise, there is no clear legal framework at the EU level that defines and sets standards regarding the mandatory control mechanisms that must be established at the level of the entire system for the protection of the EU’s financial interests in the Member States. This also applies in relation to the players that need to be involved in the protection of the EU's financial interests. The article tackles the issue of the necessity to harmonise both criminal and administrative legislation at the level of Member States as well as the need for a clear definition of which players should be involved in the protection of the EU budget.

December 16, 2022

Europese hoofdaanklager verzoekt om opheffing van de immuniteit van twee leden van het Europees Parlement

December 16, 2022/ BijzonderStrafrecht.nl

Op 15 december heeft de Europese hoofdaanklager van het EOM, overeenkomstig de in het recht van de Unie vastgestelde procedures, verzocht om opheffing van de immuniteit van twee leden van het Europees Parlement. Op basis van een onderzoeksverslag van het Europees Bureau voor fraudebestrijding (OLAF) bestaat er een vermoeden van fraude ten nadele van de EU-begroting, in verband met het beheer van de parlementaire vergoeding, en in het bijzonder met betrekking tot de bezoldiging van geaccrediteerde parlementaire medewerkers.

November 28, 2022

Doorzoekingen in Nederland in EOM-onderzoek naar BTW-fraude

November 28, 2022/ BijzonderStrafrecht.nl

Het Europees Openbaar Ministerie (EOM) heeft vorige week in Nederland verschillende zoekingen gedaan in een lopend onderzoek naar een vermoedelijke criminele organisatie die online parfums en elektronica verkoopt, met de bedoeling om over deze verkopen geen btw te betalen.

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