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  • Procurement Rigging in Latvian Agriculture

    A project beneficiary colluded to rig a public procurement process for the reclamation of agricultural land, unlawfully keeping the contracted EU funds while performing the work using internal resources.

    Amount: €95,803.67

    Location: Riga, Latvia

  • Cyber Deception at the EUCAP Somalia Mission

    A Spanish citizen successfully executed a Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack against the EU Capacity Building Mission in Somalia, fraudulently redirecting funds meant for medical and laboratory equipment to a personal account.

    Amount: €69,751.40

    Location: Madrid, Spain

  • The Infiltration of the Italian Financial Police (Naples)

    A massive value-added tax (VAT) carousel fraud involving the sale of consumer electronics was shielded from investigation by actively corrupt members of the Italian Financial Police and the national Revenue Agency.

    Amount: €3 million confiscated to recover evaded taxes; total damage highly extensive.

    Location: Naples, Italy

  • The Belarus-Lithuania Cigarette Smuggling Syndicate

    Corrupt Lithuanian customs officers facilitated the smuggling of millions of packets of Belarusian cigarettes into the European Union, severely damaging the financial interests of the bloc through evaded excise duties.

    Amount: Approximately €10 million in damages; €9.7 million ordered reimbursed.

    Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

  • The Fictitious Employment Scheme in Bulgaria

    A company manager operating in Sofia orchestrated a localized subsidy fraud scheme by fabricating project documentation to fraudulently obtain European Social Fund grants intended to stimulate sustainable employment opportunities.

    Amount: Exact extraction unstated; fine of over €500 (BGN 1,000) imposed.

    Location: Sofia, Bulgaria

EU Funds Corruption Controller

The EU Funds Corruption Controller is a project of the European Liberal Forum. It collects publicly documented cases of corruption and financial crime across the European Union and presents them with their sources, in plain language.

How to contact us
Questions or corrections about a case? Write to iec@liberalforum.eu.
European Liberal Forum EUPF, Rue d’Idalie 11-13, box 6, 1050 Ixelles, Brussels (BE).