European Anti-Fraud Office

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European Union body anti-fraud agency investigative office

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is an EU body responsible for investigating fraud, corruption, and other illegal activities affecting the European Union’s financial interests.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
European Anti-Fraud Office canonical	22
Europäisches Amt für Betrugsbekämpfung	2
Office européen de lutte antifraude	2
Ufficio europeo per la lotta antifrode	2
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)	1
European Union anti-fraud bodies	1
OLAF Directorate D	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1503960 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European Anti-Fraud Office
Context triple: [Eurojust, cooperatesWith, European Anti-Fraud Office]

A. Eurojust
Eurojust is the European Union agency that coordinates judicial cooperation among member states to combat serious cross-border crime.
B. European Court of Auditors
The European Court of Auditors is the European Union’s external audit institution responsible for checking that EU funds are collected and used correctly and helping improve EU financial management.
C. Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office is a UK government agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious or complex fraud, bribery, and corruption cases.
D. European Parliament Security Service
The European Parliament Security Service is the internal body responsible for ensuring the safety, protection, and access control of the European Parliament’s premises, people, and information.
E. European Commission
The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding EU treaties, and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European Anti-Fraud Office
Target entity description: The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is an EU body responsible for investigating fraud, corruption, and other illegal activities affecting the European Union’s financial interests.

A. Eurojust
Eurojust is the European Union agency that coordinates judicial cooperation among member states to combat serious cross-border crime.
B. European Court of Auditors
The European Court of Auditors is the European Union’s external audit institution responsible for checking that EU funds are collected and used correctly and helping improve EU financial management.
C. Serious Fraud Office
The Serious Fraud Office is a UK government agency responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious or complex fraud, bribery, and corruption cases.
D. European Parliament Security Service
The European Parliament Security Service is the internal body responsible for ensuring the safety, protection, and access control of the European Parliament’s premises, people, and information.
E. European Commission
The European Commission is the executive branch of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding EU treaties, and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union body ⓘ anti-fraud agency ⓘ investigative office ⓘ
abbreviation	OLAF ⓘ
activity	administrative investigations ⓘ cooperation with non-EU countries and international organisations on anti-fraud matters ⓘ coordination of national anti-fraud authorities ⓘ on-the-spot checks and inspections ⓘ policy development in the field of fraud prevention ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Eurojust ⓘ European Court of Auditors ⓘ European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ Europol ⓘ national judicial authorities of EU Member States ⓘ
country	European Union ⓘ
employs	financial experts ⓘ investigators ⓘ legal officers ⓘ
fieldOfWork	anti-corruption ⓘ financial crime affecting EU budget ⓘ fraud prevention ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	European Union financial interests ⓘ
hasMotto	Protecting the EU’s financial interests ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Belgium ⓘ Brussels ⓘ linked to: Brussels, Belgium
inception	1999 ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
legalBasis	European Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom ⓘ Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 ⓘ
nativeName	Europäisches Amt für Betrugsbekämpfung ⓘ linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office Office européen de lutte antifraude ⓘ linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office Ufficio europeo per la lotta antifrode ⓘ linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office
parentOrganization	European Commission ⓘ
partOf	European Commission ⓘ
purpose	coordinate anti-fraud activities between EU and Member States ⓘ develop anti-fraud policy for the European Union ⓘ investigate corruption affecting the EU financial interests ⓘ investigate fraud affecting the EU budget ⓘ investigate serious misconduct within EU institutions affecting financial interests ⓘ
replaced	Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention ⓘ
reportsTo	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Commission ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
shortName	OLAF ⓘ
subsidiaryUnit	Directorate A – Investigations I ⓘ Directorate B – Investigations II ⓘ Directorate C – Policy ⓘ Directorate D – General Affairs ⓘ
website	https://anti-fraud.ec.europa.eu ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurojust → cooperatesWith → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Guardia di Finanza → cooperatesWith → European Union anti-fraud bodies ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control → cooperatesWith → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

European Union Justice and Home Affairs agencies network → includesAgency → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

European Anti-Fraud Office → nativeName → Office européen de lutte antifraude ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

European Anti-Fraud Office → nativeName → Europäisches Amt für Betrugsbekämpfung ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

European Anti-Fraud Office → nativeName → Ufficio europeo per la lotta antifrode ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

German customs authorities → cooperatesWith → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects → collaboratesWith → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

EPPO → cooperatesWith → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

OLAF → fullName → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

OLAF → nativeName → Office européen de lutte antifraude ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

OLAF → nativeName → Europäisches Amt für Betrugsbekämpfung ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

OLAF → nativeName → Ufficio europeo per la lotta antifrode ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

OLAF → shortName → European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

European Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom → establishes → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

European Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom → definesMandateOf → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

European Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom → grantsPowerTo → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

European Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom → givesInvestigativePowers → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

European Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom → implementedBy → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 → establishesRulesFor → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 → relatedTo → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention → replacedBy → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Unit for the Coordination of Fraud Prevention → hasSuccessor → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Directorate A – Investigations I → partOf → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Directorate C – Policy → partOf → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Directorate D – General Affairs → partOf → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Directorate D – General Affairs → usesAcronym → OLAF Directorate D ⓘ

linked to: European Anti-Fraud Office

Directorate B – Investigations II → partOf → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

Directorate B – Investigations II → parentOrganization → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

EU customs authorities → cooperatesWith → European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ

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