Every Euro Counts ... and So Does Every Second: The EPPO and Cross-Border Cooperation in Relation to Seizure and Freezing in the 22 Participating Member States
Journal: eucrim – The European Criminal Law Associations Forum
Year: 2022

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), operational since 1 June 2021, has not just been established to bring the perpetrators of EU fraud to justice but also to help recover the criminal profits they have acquired in the process. Thus, its raison d’être not only matches the traditional political axiom that crime does not pay but equally serves another goal formulated by European politicians across the board: money spent under the EU budget should not end up in the wrong hands. From a ta