EU fraud case numbers flat in 2021 but value more than doubles to ?3.24 billion

Case numbers forboth fraud and non-fraudulent irregularities against the European Union (EU) budget detected by EU and member state authorities remained stable in 2021 compared to 2020, but the amounts involved more than doubled to ?3.24 billion (US$3.17 billion) from ?1.46 billion (US$1.43 billion), according to the latest report from the bloc's anti-fraud office OLAF.

By Sara Lewis, in Brussels

Case numbers forboth fraud and non-fraudulent irregularities against the European Union (EU) budget detected by EU and member state authorities remained stable in 2021 compared to 2020, but the amounts involved more than doubled to ?3.24 billion (US$3.17 billion) from ?1.46 billion (US$1.43 billion), according to the latest report [1] from the bloc's anti-fraud office OLAF.