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Subido el 6 de julio de 2007 por EducaMadrid

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This second report is a collection of declarations by OLAF's principal partners from all over Europe in the fight against fraud and cross border crime, particularly customs and financial services. They appear in alphabetical order of the countries and department names in their original language. On 1 January 2004, the Member States were Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom; the accession countries were the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia; and the candidate countries were Bulgaria and Romania.

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OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office, was set up on 1 June 1999 to replace EUCLAF, the 00:00:00
Unit for Coordination of Fraud Prevention, created in 1988 as part of the Secretariat 00:00:25
General of the Commission. 00:00:31
In creating OLAF, the European institutions wanted to provide themselves with an instrument 00:00:33
for fighting trans-border economic and financial crime, fraud and corruption that harms community 00:00:37
interests, in particular Europe's public finances. 00:00:43
With these first-hand accounts from its main operational partners in the fight against 00:00:46
fraud and cross-border crime, OLAF wishes to demonstrate to the people of Europe the 00:00:50
benefits of this cooperation. 00:00:54
This video on OLAF and international cooperation has been produced in close cooperation with 00:01:12
the members of OLAF's Anti-Fraud Communicators Network, which is made up of public relations 00:01:17
and communication officials in OLAF and in the national departments, which are its principal 00:01:22
partners in the member states and the candidate countries. 00:01:26
It is intended to provide the public with better information about the anti-fraud cooperation 00:01:30
that exists between community institutions and national departments. 00:01:34
The tasks of the Lithuanian Customs Service are to protect the market and society, to 00:02:04
collect customs duties and taxes, and to prevent and investigate customs offences. 00:02:25
We are delighted with the joint activities of the Customs Criminal Service and OLAF, 00:02:36
the result of which is detention of over 25 million units of smuggled cigarettes. 00:02:43
However, our belief is that adequate attention must be paid by the Lithuanian Customs, not 00:02:53
only to prevent an active fight against smuggling, but also to fruitful cooperation with colleagues 00:02:59
from other countries of the world, so that as few as possible get involved in crimes 00:03:07
of this nature. 00:03:13
The main objective of the Financial Crime Investigation Department is to create an effective 00:03:23
system for preventing financial crime in Lithuania. 00:03:27
In 2002, the Lithuanian government made our department responsible for cooperation with 00:03:31
OLAF. 00:03:36
Additional assistance from the European Structural Funds will play a vital role in Lithuania's 00:03:51
integration into the European Union. 00:03:56
In this context, cooperation with OLAF takes on a whole new dimension in terms of investigating 00:03:59
fraud links to the use of these funds in the Lithuanian economy. 00:04:05
I would like to add that between now and accession in 2004, in cooperation with OLAF, some 20 00:04:10
seminars will be held in Lithuania on the practicalities of carrying out such investigations. 00:04:17
The Special Investigation Service, or STT, is an independent specialized law enforcement 00:04:34
agency responsible for the prevention, detection and investigation of corruption-related offences. 00:04:39
STT reports to the President of the Republic and the Parliament. 00:04:46
Its activities are supervised by the Prosecutor's Office. 00:04:50
In fulfilling its tasks of preventing and investigating corruption, STT carries out 00:04:53
intelligence activities and conducts interviews and preliminary investigations in criminal 00:04:58
cases. 00:05:03
Cases of fraud and smuggling are often closely connected with corruption-related offences. 00:05:08
Therefore, it is essential to cooperate and assist each other. 00:05:14
Meetings with the OLAF officials showed that we understand each other as professionals 00:05:18
and this enables us to believe that our cooperation will be successful. 00:05:24
As well as its general duties relating to customs and excise and collection of revenue 00:05:43
for the European Union, Luxembourg's customs and excise service has been expanded since 00:05:47
1993 to carry out functions relating to national and international security. 00:05:52
This will evidently improve the exchange of information between the different customs 00:06:07
authorities and the police. 00:06:11
This is very important since it is necessary for everyone to work together to eliminate 00:06:13
fraud. 00:06:17
The activities of the Hungarian Customs and Finance Guard consist of detecting and investigating 00:06:29
offences against financial and customs legislation falling within its remit, including urgent 00:06:34
criminal investigations. 00:06:39
The Guard plays a vital role in preventing and acting on crime. 00:06:42
Basically our cooperation is concentrated on the fight against the smuggling of cigarettes 00:06:52
and goods, particularly in transit. 00:07:00
Currently, we focus attention on preparation to our accession to EU membership and apart 00:07:04
from attending training, we also try to lay the foundations of our connections to the 00:07:13
databases operated by the European Union by OLAF. 00:07:25
Malta's Customs Department is in the process of overhauling its structures and procedures 00:07:34
in preparation for joining the European Union on the 1st of May this year. 00:07:47
The Customs Department has just put in place a system aimed at modernising the service. 00:07:52
Obviously, especially through these seminars where we meet a lot of number of officials 00:08:00
from other agencies, we can share the information which will obviously help us detect any contraband 00:08:13
being trafficked through our islands. 00:08:20
Although we are a small country, we can contribute even to bigger countries now because we are 00:08:24
right in the thick of it, in the middle of the Mediterranean, through which a huge number 00:08:30
of containers do use our free ports. 00:08:35
The fight against fraud is one of the main objectives of the Tax and Customs Service 00:08:45
in the Netherlands. 00:08:49
It is responsible for enforcement of regulations and carries out inspections and enquiries. 00:08:50
The FIOD-ECD is the investigating service of the Customs and Tax Service. 00:08:55
With the power to launch criminal proceedings, it ensures that law is observed and attempts 00:09:01
to detect financial and tax fraud. 00:09:06
I'm sure that international cooperation will stay very important also in the future and 00:09:13
that exchange of information will play an essential role in that and in fighting fraud 00:09:20
internationally. 00:09:29
In Austria, the Anti-Fraud Service of the Ministry of Finance has several roles. 00:09:39
It cooperates and provides mutual assistance in the customs area while acting as a cornerstone 00:09:44
of the European Union Treaty. 00:09:48
It has a central office for customs information and analysis and is the information point 00:09:51
for anti-fraud initiatives. 00:09:55
It also controls the illegal employment of foreigners. 00:09:57
One of our biggest cases in the last time was the export of beef to Russia. 00:10:06
It's a case going up some more than 7 million euros. 00:10:13
The beef was not exported to Russia but to other countries and we detected that there 00:10:19
was a Russian broker firm which organized all such fraud cases. 00:10:25
The Treasury's Office for International Relations is OILAF's partner in Poland. 00:10:39
It was created on the 3rd of August 2002. 00:10:43
The office coordinates operations and ensures there is an exchange of information between 00:10:47
the organizations responsible for control and the other relevant authorities. 00:10:51
The aim is to ensure the protection of Poland's financial interests as well as those of the 00:10:56
European Union. 00:11:00
There is regular contact with OILAF as well as institutions in member and candidate countries 00:11:01
which are involved in fighting fraud. 00:11:06
OILAF's contact in Poland is the Inspector General of Fraud Control who reports directly 00:11:21
to the Prime Minister and is assisted by the Office for International Relations at the 00:11:36
Treasury. 00:11:41
The office receives information from the Ministry of Finance and other Polish institutions. 00:11:42
We feel protected by having in OILAF an experienced and efficient partner. 00:11:48
The Portuguese Director General for Customs and Excise is a service of the Ministry of 00:12:08
Finance whose mission is to provide control of the European Union external border and 00:12:12
the National Customs Territory border for tax and financial purposes and the protection 00:12:17
of society. 00:12:22
It also administers excise duties and other indirect taxes falling within its remit. 00:12:24
It is fundamental to make available to the Member States information systems. 00:12:29
The information we receive from OILAF is crucial and without it our work would be much more 00:12:40
difficult. 00:13:06
Our cooperation with OILAF ranges from observing movements of goods to monitoring vessels with 00:13:07
the assistance of the tools OILAF makes available to us. 00:13:13
The Republican National Guard is a military style security force that is in charge of 00:13:36
internal security, criminal investigations and the prevention of tax and customs offences. 00:13:40
Collaboration between the Fiscal Brigade and OILAF goes back to the 90s when it was 00:14:03
known as EUCLAF. 00:14:06
In January this year the Fiscal Brigade seized a cargo of 15 million cigarettes. 00:14:08
Through close collaboration with OILAF it was able to reconstruct a cigarette smuggling 00:14:14
route and uncover a link with American tobacco producers. 00:14:19
By a decision taken on the 23rd of May 2003, the Romanian government designated the Prime 00:14:39
Minister's Control Department as the sole point of contact with OILAF. 00:14:44
It is responsible for coordinating all activities relating to the protection of Romania's financial 00:14:48
interests and those of the European Union. 00:14:53
The Romanian government control department has been very proud of becoming the contact 00:15:01
point of OILAF. 00:15:08
have already got some success and we are very, very optimistic for the future. 00:15:34
Slovenia's Customs Service is part of the Ministry of Finance and is responsible for 00:15:41
the management and collection of customs duties, excise and VAT on imports. 00:15:58
We're aware of the importance and of the usefulness of the work that is carried out thanks to 00:16:15
the cooperation with OILAF in the past, at present and of course in the future through 00:16:20
our contact organization. 00:16:25
Up to now, our collaboration with OILAF has produced excellent results. 00:16:27
In its crime prevention activities, Finland's Customs Service works closely with other national 00:16:48
agencies responsible for law enforcement, including the police and border control offices. 00:16:52
It has a national office and operates independently, coming under the Ministry of Finance. 00:16:58
OILAF is also an important body in EU's enlargement process. 00:17:10
EU members need assistance and guidance in fighting against organized crime in Europe 00:17:16
and worldwide. 00:17:21
Particularly, we can see the efforts OILAF has done what concerns cigarette smuggling 00:17:22
around the European Union, which has been one of the most significant crime type in 00:17:30
this area. 00:17:37
In Sweden, the National Customs Service has two important functions. 00:17:58
The first is to establish and collect customs duties, VAT and other charges on imports and 00:18:02
exports. 00:18:06
The other function is to monitor and control imports and exports of goods in order to ensure 00:18:08
that laws are respected. 00:18:13
During a couple of years, we have close cooperation with OILAF and the OILAF office in Brussels 00:18:22
and we have found it very successful when we also now have received, for example, the 00:18:28
customs information systems, the IT systems that we could communicate between the member 00:18:34
states and also between OILAF, and particularly in the area of fraud activities. 00:18:39
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