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  • Exploiting Demographic Incentives for Young Farmers (Lithuania)

    A sprawling network of 26 individuals was convicted for creating fictitious young farmers to illegally draw down EU agricultural support funds, resulting in a €500,000 localized fraud designed to enrich the hidden orchestrators.

    Amount: Approximately €500,000 (fully compensated post-discovery).

    Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

  • Faked Innovation in Eco-Friendly Cling Film (Lithuania)

    An organized group attempted to secure €2.6 million in green innovation funds by forging procurement documents and artificially inflating equipment costs for the production of biodegradable cling film.

    Amount: Prevented the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million.

    Location: Vilnius, Lithuania

  • 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

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).