Balgarianovinite.com No charges were brought in Bulgaria between 2021 and 2025 on recommendations by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), the office’s annual report showed on Monday.
A total of 42 checks were carried out over the period.
In five cases where follow-up action was recommended, the national authorities decided to discontinue the cases, while one decision was still pending. Last year, five checks were concluded in Bulgaria, with follow-up action recommended in two of them.
The report noted that when OLAF concluded an investigation, it issued recommendations to national authorities for follow-up action where it had identified suspicions of fraud or irregularities. Financial recommendations concerned the recovery of funds. If it found compelling evidence of a crime, the office passed the information to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and could recommend that national courts assess whether judicial proceedings should be opened.
Between 2021 and 2025, OLAF issued 145 judicial recommendations to EU countries. National authorities took 73 decisions, 27 of which led to charges being brought. The data showed that over the previous 10 years the office’s recommendations led to varying amounts being recovered for the EU budget. In 2017, for example, the figure exceeded EUR 3 billion, while last year it was just over EUR 500 million. Bulgaria Brings No Charges on EU Anti-Fraud Office Recommendations Since 2021 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-04-20 09:54:49 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law