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GRECO
The Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO) has published the summaries of four reports assessing the progress that Denmark, Hungary, Türkiye and Ukraine have made in implementing outstanding recommendations to prevent corruption among parliamentarians, judges and prosecutors. It has also published a summary of a report on Türkiye evaluating compliance with anti-corruption measures in respect of high officials in the central government and law enforcement agencies. GRECO has published these summaries following its March 2026 plenary decision that a summary of an evaluation or compliance report shall be published within six months of the report’s adoption, unless the member state concerned authorises publication of the full report before that date.
European Public Prosecutor's Office
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has been conducting searches and arrests since last Saturday against a criminal organisation suspected of having sold over one million mobile phones as if they were new, while in reality they were used. The criminal scheme caused an estimated damage of at least €300 million to EU consumers and a VAT loss of over €30 million to several EU Member States. 1770 police, tax and customs officers carried out over 160 searches and seizures in 19 countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands), and a witness was heard in the UK. Seven suspects were arrested in Austria, Germany and Spain, including the two leaders of the organisation.
SEC
