Fundamental Questions of Administrative and Criminal Investigations for the Protection of the Financial Interests of the EU

One of the most meaningful results of the past decades in the EU is forming a new criminal law
cooperation system which is building on a new paradigm of operational cooperation between EU
MSs. The new system pushed back to the background of the traditional, legal aid-based system. One
of the characteristics of this is tighter cooperation in the investigation of both administrative and
criminal. This contribution concentrates on presenting the features of this topic.

KEYWORDS: the administrative investigation, criminal investigation, protection of the financial interests of the EU, OLAF, Eurojust, EPPO