Full Description
This book examines the realities of the functioning of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) along with the actual cooperation with other stakeholders in the EU and in the Member States. The protection of financial interests of the European Union is a Treaty obligation bearing equally on the Member States and the Union itself. In order to increase the effectiveness of the investigations and prosecutions in those areas falling under the PIF Directive, using enhanced cooperation provisions, 22 Member States established the office of The European Public Prosecutor, which came into operation in 2021. Based on examples of five Member States taking part in the EPPO from the beginning - Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, and Slovakia - as well as Poland, which used to be a non-participating Member State and only recently joined the EPPO, this collection analyses the legal framework as well as the practical experience of cooperation in this field. The book will be an invaluable resource for academics and researchers in the areas of EU Criminal Law, EU Law, and EU Constitutional Law.
Contents
1: Introduction, Celina Nowak, Anna Rybarczyk; 2: Investigative Rules in the Fight against Organised Crime: Domestic Peculiarities and European Cooperation in Italian Criminal Procedure, Fabio Nicolicchia; 3: Vertical and Horizontal Cooperation in Countering Organised Fraud in the European Union: Experience of Lithuania, Gintaras Švedas; 4: Vertical and Horizontal Cooperation in Combatting Organized Fraud in the EU: German Perspective, Marc Engelhart; 5: Vertical and Horizontal Cooperation in Combatting Organized Fraud in Slovakia, Libor Klimek; 6: From National to International Cooperation in Combatting Organized Fraud: Current Situation in Romania, Sergiu Bogdan; 7: Protecting EU Financial Interests in a Non-Participating Member State : The Polish Perspective, Anna Rybarczyk, Paweł Dziekański; 8: In Lieu of Conclusions, Celina Nowak, Paweł Dziekański
