The project aims to analyse the OLAF’s legislative framework for the exchange of information in the pre-investigative and investigative phase; to identify legal obstacles to realise OLAF’s mandate; and to elaborate possible solutions. It makes a comparison with other EU bodies with comparable tasks (European Competition Network/ECN, the European Central Bank/ECB, and the European Securities and Markets Authority/ESMA). By analysing and comparing the interaction between EU law and national law for these authorities in six Member States (the Netherlands, Germany, UK, Italy, Hungary, and Luxembourg), it will answer the question of whether there is a need to recalibrate the OLAF legislative framework, and it will define various models for that purpose.

• prof. dr. Michiel Luchtman
• dr. Mira Scholten
• dr. Iro Karagianni
• Koen Bovend'Eerdt

• prof. Martin Böse - University of Bonn
• dr. Anne Schneider - University of Bonn
• prof. Peter Alldridge - Queen Mary - University of London
• prof. Silvia Allegrezza - University of Luxembourg
• Prof. Katalin Ligeti - University of Luxembourg
• Dr Valentina Covolo - University of Luxembourg
• Dr Andras Csuri - University of Vienna

This project aims to analyse and improve OLAF’s legislative framework for the gathering of information and evidence (investigative stage). It makes a comparison with other EU bodies with comparable tasks (European Competition Network/ECN, the European Central Bank/ECB, and the European Securities and Markets Authority/ESMA). By analysing and comparing the interaction between EU law and national law in six Member States (the Netherlands, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Poland), it will answer the question of whether there is a need to recalibrate the OLAF legislative framework, including the incorporation of procedural safeguards. 

• dr. Mira Scholten
• dr. Joske Graat LLM
• prof. dr. Michiel Luchtman

• prof. Martin Böse - University of Bonn
• dr. Anne Schneider - University of Bonn
• prof. Peter Alldridge - Queen Mary - University of London
• prof. Juliette Tricot - Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense - Paris
• prof. Silvia Allegrezza - University of Luxembourg
• dr. Celina Nowak - Kozminski University - Warsaw
• Prof. Katalin Ligeti - University of Luxembourg

Conference and conference proceedings ‘Choice of forum in cooperation against EU financial crime’, co-financed by the European Commission under the Hercule II Programme and organized in close cooperation with OLAF and Eurojust.

• prof. dr. Michiel Luchtman
• prof. mr. François Kristen