According to Péter Polt, the Hungarian Public Prosecutor’s Office and the EU Anti-Fraud Office are cooperating closely.

The Hungarian prosecutor’s office continues to charge more than the EU average following the recommendations of the European Union’s anti-fraud office, OLAF, the Attorney General’s Office said on Friday, in response to the office’s report on Thursday.

The document shows, among other things, that OLAF made punishment recommendations in two of the five cases closed against Hungary last year. Or that between 2015 and 2019, it was recommended to penalize 3.93% of the amount of the EU subsidies paid from the Structural and Investment Funds. With imposing height, Hungary ranks first on this list, and in the case of Slovakia, which ranks second, this share is 0.53 percent. The EU average is 0.36 percent, one-tenth of Hungary’s result.

The Prosecutor General’s Office noted in OLAF’s annual report that, according to the Hungarian prosecution, prosecutions were significantly higher than the EU average of 39 per cent, in 47 per cent of cases initiated by the EU organization. , between 2015 and 2019.

It was also written that the number of judicial recommendations sent by the Anti-Fraud Office to the Hungarian Public Prosecutor’s Office has been steadily declining in recent years, with 10 to 10 more received in 2015 and 2016, only 6 in 2017, 4 in 2018 and 2019 in 2019. ben 3. It was reported that OLAF is increasingly making judicial recommendations in cases that are already being investigated in Hungary.

OLAF investigates administrative irregularities involving EU funds, does not establish criminal acts and does not carry out criminal evidence. It has neither the authority nor the means to do so, the prosecution said.

The Hungarian Public Ministry, although not legally obliged to do so, ordered an investigation in all cases following the judicial recommendation of OLAF in accordance with the protocol, and if it was already in progress, the recommendation of OLAF was attached to the file of investigation and evaluated.

It was recalled that on January 31, Pille Polt received the Director General of OLAF, Ville Itälä, in his office as Attorney General. At the meeting, the parties reaffirmed that effective information exchange and cooperation between organizations in the field of misuse of EU funds remains a priority. They also agreed to develop a cooperation agreement to further deepen the professional relationship that already works well. Ville Itälä also publicly expressed satisfaction with the results of the meeting, they said.

The Hungarian Public Prosecutor’s Office and OLAF work closely together, with regular meetings at both management and expert levels, according to a statement from the General Prosecutor’s Office.



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Here is the recent report, we are in a very bad place at OLAF


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OLAF did a lot of research in Hungary and found something in more than two thirds of the cases, prompting it to send a recommendation to the Hungarian authorities.

OLAF would not ask anyone for more money than Hungary


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In no country did OLAF find so much suspicious money as in Hungary.