Agriculture
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The Absurdity of Incarcerated Farmers (France)
A member of Corsican organized crime fraudulently claimed and received Common Agricultural Policy subsidies for active farming operations while simultaneously incarcerated in a prison cell.
Location: Paris, France
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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.
Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
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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.
Location: Riga, Latvia
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).