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<span> (27)</span> </h2> </div><div class="ecl-u-type-heading-5 ecl-u-type-color-grey-100 ecl-u-mt-m ecl-u-mv-m">Showing results 1 to 27</div> </header> <div class="ecl-accordion" data-ecl-auto-init="Accordion" data-ecl-accordion ><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-0-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-0-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)? </span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-0-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-0-title" >The European Public Prosecutor’s Office, or ‘EPPO’, for short, is the public prosecution office of the European Union. It is responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes affecting the financial interests of the EU. These include economic and financial crimes, such as the misuse of funds, money laundering, VAT fraud and corruption. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-1-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-1-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What does the EPPO do?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-1-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-1-title" >The EPPO undertakes investigations, carries out acts of prosecution and exercises the functions of prosecutor in the competent courts of the participating EU country.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-2-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-2-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">When was the EPPO created?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-2-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-2-title" >The creation of the EPPO has been underway for almost 25 years. One of the key dates is October 2017, as this was when the legal basis of the EPPO, the EPPO Regulation, was adopted. Four years later, on 1 June 2021, the EPPO started its operations. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-3-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-3-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Which EU countries take part in the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-3-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-3-title" >24 EU countries decided to join the EPPO and participate in the enhanced cooperation. These are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. Each participating EU country also has a page on our website, where you can find more information. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-4-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-4-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Is the EPPO independent?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-4-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-4-title" >Yes, the EPPO is an independent European Union body. The EPPO’s independence is guaranteed in the EPPO Regulation, the legal framework of the EPPO. The prosecutors working for the EPPO work in the interests of the EU, and do not take instructions from anyone outside of the EPPO, including national authorities.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-5-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-5-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Where is the EPPO located?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-5-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-5-title" >The central office of the EPPO is located in Luxembourg. By the end of 2023, the EPPO had 42 decentralised offices located throughout the participating EU countries.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-6-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-6-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">How many people work for the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-6-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-6-title" >By the end of 2023, there were around 230 EPPO staff working in Luxembourg and 140 European Delegated Prosecutors working in the EPPO offices in the participating EU Member States.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-7-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-7-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is the structure of the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-7-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-7-title" >The EPPO is organised on two levels: a central office in Luxembourg, which includes the European Chief Prosecutor and 24 European Prosecutors, and a decentralised level with around 160 European Delegated Prosecutors in 45 offices in the participating EU countries.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-8-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-8-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Who is the European Chief Prosecutor and what does she/he do?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-8-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-8-title" >The current European Chief Prosecutor is Laura Kövesi. She represents the EPPO vis-à-vis the institutions of the EU, EU countries and third parties, and also chairs the College of the EPPO. In October 2019, she was confirmed as the first European Chief Prosecutor for a period of 7 years. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-9-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-9-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is the College of the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-9-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-9-title" >The College of the EPPO is made up of the European Chief Prosecutor and 24 European Prosecutors (one per participating EU country). Together, they decide on strategic matters and adopt internal rules and procedures.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-10-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-10-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is a European Prosecutor?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-10-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-10-title" >For each Member State, one European Prosecutor has been appointed by the Council of the European Union. The European Prosecutors are members of the College, the EPPO’s steering body. They are also involved in the EPPO’s case work, as they sit in the Permanent Chambers which monitor and direct investigations handled by the European Delegated Prosecutors (-> What is a European Delegated Prosecutor?), and they supervise the investigations handled by the European Delegated Prosecutors from their own Member State. In exceptional cases, the European Prosecutors may decide to step in for a European Delegated Prosecutor from their Member State, and conduct the investigation personally.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-11-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-11-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is a Permanent Chamber?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-11-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-11-title" >The Permanent Chambers are the operational engine of the EPPO, and are a very strong extra layer to guarantee the independence of the EPPO’s investigations. They monitor the actions taken by the European Delegated Prosecutors throughout the investigation and prosecution, and decide on all the important steps – such as whether to prosecute or dismiss a case, or to apply a simplified procedure. Each Permanent Chamber (15 in total) consists of 3 European Prosecutors who are permanent members. To ensure an independent assessment of the case, none of the members of the Permanent Chambers comes from the country where the report came from. Our Permanent Chambers are unique; they have not been used anywhere else in the world. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-12-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-12-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is a European Delegated Prosecutor?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-12-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-12-title" >European Delegated Prosecutors are the prosecutors who investigate, prosecute and bring to judgment cases falling within the EPPO's competence on behalf of the EPPO in his/her home Member State. A European Delegated Prosecutor is called a handling European Delegated Prosecutor in respect of those cases where he/she is responsible for the investigations and prosecutions, for instructing the competent investigation authorities in his/her Member State, and eventually for taking the case to a court of the Member State where he/she is located. A European Delegated Prosecutor can also act as an assisting European Delegated Prosecutor: He/she takes this role where the responsible handling European Delegated Prosecutor from another Member State needs a measure (e.g. a search) to be carried out in the former’s Member State. The assisting European Delegated Prosecutor then assists the investigations and prosecutions of the handling European Delegated Prosecutor in a cross-border manner, by carrying out the measures assigned to him/her by the handling European Delegated Prosecutor. The work of the European Delegated Prosecutors is supervised by the European Prosecutors (-> What is a European Prosecutor?) at the Central Office. There are at least 2 European Delegated Prosecutors in each participating EU country. In total, the EPPO currently has around 140 European Delegated Prosecutors across the 42 offices in the participating EU countries. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-13-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-13-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Do all EU countries participate in the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-13-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-13-title" >Denmark, Hungary, and Ireland are not participating in the EPPO, as joining the EPPO is not an obligation. Working arrangements with these 3 non-participating EU countries are being established to define how the EPPO will cooperate with them. The working arrangement with Hungary was signed in April 2021, and the working arrangement with Denmark – in August 2023.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-14-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-14-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">How do you work with countries outside the EU?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-14-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-14-title" >As regards non-EU countries, the EPPO has concluded working arrangements with the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Albania, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Moldova, the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro, the Prosecution Service of Georgia, the State Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of North Macedonia, and the Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Working Arrangement on Cooperation with the United States Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-15-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-15-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">How many cases does the EPPO investigate? How many cases is the EPPO investigating in my country?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-15-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-15-title" >By the end of 2023, the EPPO had a total of 1 927 active investigations, with an overall estimated damage to the EU budget of €19.2 billion – 59% of which (€11.5 billion, corresponding to 339 investigations) was linked to serious, cross-border VAT fraud. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-16-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-16-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What kind of crimes fall under the EPPO’s responsibility? </span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-16-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-16-title" >• Cross-border VAT fraud involving total damages of at least €10 million • Other types of fraud affecting the EU’s financial interests • Corruption that damages, or is likely to damage, the EU’s financial interests • Misappropriation of EU funds or assets by a public official • Money laundering and organised crime, as well as other offences inextricably linked to one of the previous categories. But only if they damage, or risk damaging, the EU’s financial interests. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-17-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-17-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What are the most common crimes investigated by the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-17-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-17-title" >• Non-procurement expenditure fraud: The use or presentation of false, incorrect or incomplete statements or documents in order to obtain EU funding – common in agricultural subsidies (e.g. discrepancies between actual crops cultivated in some land parcels, and those that were indicated in an application for the funds). • Procurement expenditure fraud: The use or presentation of false, incorrect or incomplete statements or documents in order to obtain contracts for EU-funded projects – widespread in construction, waste, technology and HR development programmes (e.g. rigging specifications in public procurement procedures and inflating costs). • VAT revenue fraud: The non-payment or unlawful reimbursement of Value Added Tax (VAT), notably via carousel fraud/missing trader schemes, and fraud committed within (or ‘by’) a criminal organisation (e.g. a VAT carousel fraud scheme to re-sell cars multiple times across different EU countries). • Non-VAT revenue fraud: Fraud concerning revenue of the European Union (‘own resources’), such as the non-payment of customs (e.g. tobacco smuggling or smuggling of high-priced motor vehicles and declaring them to the customs authorities at a falsely reduced value) and anti-dumping duties (e.g. importing e-bikes from China and falsely declaring the country of origin as Malaysia, to evade a payment of anti-dumping and countervailing duties). • Corruption: Active and passive corruption of public officials, including bribery, collusion and failure to fulfil duties in relation to the awarding of EU funding (e.g. receiving and giving bribes, in connection with awarding of tendered works). • Non-PIF offences: E.g. fraud causing damage to victims other than the European Union, or tax offences under national law relating to national taxes, where those offences are not PIF offences but inextricably linked to those (e.g. a PIF offence and an offence of abuse of office). (Note: The above explanations only indicate some typical phenomena and are not comprehensive). The material competence of the EPPO is determined by Article 22 of the EPPO Regulation. Article 22 of the EPPO Regulation refers to a series of offences deriving from EU law, harmonised by the PIF Directive. The PIF Directive defines which crimes are considered as crimes affecting the EU budget (the so-called ‘PIF crimes’, from the French acronym ‘protection des intérêts financiers’). (see -> https://www.eppo.europa.eu/en/legal-framework) </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-18-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-18-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Can I report a crime?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-18-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-18-title" >Yes, it is possible for you to report a crime to us in any of the official languages of the EU: go to the Report a crime tab in our navigation menu. However, you cannot report every crime to us. It needs to fall within our mandate of crimes affecting the EU budget (see the question “What kind of crime falls under the EPPO’s responsibility?”) If it does not, we kindly ask you to report it to your national authorities. Please note that reporting a crime can have serious consequences. A crime report that is subsequently proven to be intentionally false or misleading, or intentionally submitted for an illicit purpose, may lead to legal consequences for its sender, including but not limited to administrative and/or criminal sanctions. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-19-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-19-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">How can I report a crime to the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-19-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-19-title" >You can report a crime to the EPPO’s headquarters in Luxembourg in any of the official languages of the EU, via the ‘Report a Crime’ web form. Please note that you do not have the option to submit your online crime report anonymously. However, if it is allowed by the national rules, you may do so directly with the European Delegated Prosecutor in your country. </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-20-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-20-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">Who are the EPPO’s partners?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-20-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-20-title" >The EPPO has signed a working agreement with the European Commission, and working arrangements with Eurojust, Europol, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the European Court of Auditors, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund, as well as with many other national authorities.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-21-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-21-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">What is the budget of the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-21-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-21-title" >The EPPO received a budget of €71,8 million for 2024.</div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-22-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-22-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">How can I contact the EPPO?</span></span></button></h3><div class="ecl-accordion__content" hidden id="ecl-accordion-22-content" role="region" aria-labelledby="ecl-accordion-22-title" >You can contact the EPPO via the contact form on the website. 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You can choose between the following categories: - ‘General information’ - ‘Media request (for journalists only)’ - ‘Career opportunities’ </div></div><div class="ecl-accordion__item"><h3 class="ecl-accordion__title" id="ecl-accordion-24-title"><button type="button" class="ecl-accordion__toggle" data-ecl-accordion-toggle data-ecl-label-expanded="" data-ecl-label-collapsed="" aria-controls="ecl-accordion-24-content" ><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-flex"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-indicator"><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-label"></span><svg class="ecl-icon ecl-icon--m ecl-accordion__toggle-icon" focusable="false" aria-hidden="true" data-ecl-accordion-icon><use xlink:href="/themes/custom/eppo_theme/images/icons.svg#plus"></use></svg></span><span class="ecl-accordion__toggle-title">I am a journalist. 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