OLAF

EU-Specific

European Anti-Fraud Office — investigates fraud against the EU budget including customs fraud and smuggling.

Sources

1. European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) — What we do anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu accessed 23 September 2026

OLAF describes its work as “carrying out independent investigations into fraud and corruption involving EU funds” and into “serious misconduct by EU staff”, alongside “developing a sound EU anti-fraud policy”. Its remit covers EU expenditure and “some areas of EU revenue, mainly customs duties” — which is the part that reaches traders: customs fraud, including origin and valuation fraud, sits squarely inside OLAF’s investigative scope.

OLAF’s own description of its remit.

Related terms

• DG Trade
• ECHA
• EDQM
• EFSA
• EMA
• EU Customs Single Window

From the AJG lexicon archive (July 2026).