Certain Questions of the External, Internal and Criminal Investigation of the Criminal Offences Affecting the Financial Interests of the European Union - Results and Conclusions of a Hercule III Project

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to present the most important conclusions and findings of the “Certain questions of the external, internal and criminal investigation of the criminal offences affecting the financial interests of the European Union (fraud, corruption, money laundering and other illegal activities against the financial interests of the EU) with special focus on the role of OLAF, EPPO, Eurojust, and Europol” project which was coordinated by the University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law. In the framework of the project a practice-orientated comparative research was carried out, one international conference, three international workshops, a final international Summer Academy and a closing conference with book presentation were organised, based on the results of which the Hungarian project team formulated several conclusions and recommendations.