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In the continuing preparations for the protection of the next Multi-Annual Financial Framework, the European Anti-Fraud Office brought together more than 120 experts from national anti-fraud coordination services (AFCOS) from EU Member States and enlargement countries.

This year’s InvestigAid 2026, hosted by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with European Anti-Fraud Office, focused on how investigative bodies can respond to an increasingly complex environment for international aid and development funding.

The European Commission has today adopted its evaluation of the OLAF Regulation, concluding that the legal framework governing OLAF remains broadly fit for purpose and enables OLAF to effectively protect the EU’s financial interests.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has provided key intelligence that led Lithuanian authorities to uncover and dismantle a large illegal factory producing counterfeit nicotine pouches in Kaunas, Lithuania.

The European Commission today published its 2025 Annual Report on the Protection of the EU's Financial Interests (PIF Report), introducing for the first time a comprehensive assessment of the entire anti-fraud cycle and setting out the next steps to strengthen the protection of the EU budget.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), with the endorsement of the European Commission, has decided, to second Ms Salla Saastamoinen to the University of Helsinki, Finland, effective 16 September 2026.

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 tobacco products.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has successfully traced and analysed a cross-border trafficking route used for the distribution of more than 200,000 counterfeit condoms in Europe.

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 counterfeiting in transportation systems, critical infrastructure and communication networks.

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has helped identify large-scale trafficking of textile waste from Italy to Türkiye.