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The positions of Deputy Attorney General will be held by Danilo Ceccarelli (Italy) and Andrés Ritter (Germany), who will hold the position for three years. The Attorney General may delegate them to his powers and they may take his place in his absence.
The two were proposed by Kovesi himself and received the vote of confidence from the 22 prosecutors of the College of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which represents as many EU member states.
Andres Ritter (56) became a prosecutor in 1995, and in 2008 he assumed the position of deputy attorney general of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. He competed with Codruta Kovesi for the position of European Chief Prosecutor, but finished third in the competition.
“I firmly believe that the European Public Prosecutor’s Office will be a cornerstone in the fight against fraud and corruption in the European Union. It is an honor and a privilege for me to shape this mission as Deputy Attorney General of Europe, together with the Attorney General European and Now that the EPPO has finally become a reality, I am encouraged by the growing awareness that it must be properly equipped to fulfill its promise to the citizens of Europe from day one. There is gradual protection against fraud and corruption ”, said Andrés Ritter.
Also since 1995 he works for the Italian Danilo Ceccarelli (53 years old), who specializes in tax crimes, fraud, corruption and money laundering. For the last two years, he has been a prosecutor in Milan, in the Department of Transnational Financial Crimes.
“As Deputy Attorney General of Europe, I will transfer my long-term practice as a national and international prosecutor for the benefit of the EPPO. My experiences in national and international multicultural environments, investigating and organizing complex cases and large-scale operations, will be ‘I will do everything everything possible to support the independence of EPPO, a value that must be protected and practiced at all levels, centralized and decentralized, and at every stage, “said Italian Danilo Ceccarelli.
On September 28, Laura Codruta Kovesi and the 22 prosecutors who make up the EPPO Coordination College were sworn in, marking the beginning of the activities of this institution in charge of investigating crimes related to European funds.
On Tuesday, November 10, Minister Catalin Predoiu announced that the Ministry of Justice has approved the delegation of 15 prosecutors who will work in the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, another five in reserve, and a decision will be made on them after the first six months of activity. EPPO.
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