# EU prosecutors asked to investigate advisory body

> The EU's antifraud watchdog has referred corruption allegations at the European Economic and Social Committee to prosecutors with stronger enforcement powers.
- Title: EU prosecutors asked to investigate advisory body · POLITICO
- Summary: The EU's antifraud watchdog has referred corruption allegations at the European Economic and Social Committee to prosecutors with stronger enforcement…
- Keywords: olaf, eesc, eppo, corruption allegations, eu antifraud, whistleblower, politics, world, prosecutors, asked, investigate, advisory
- Source: POLITICO — https://politico.eu/article/eu-antifraud-watchdog-refers-eesc-corruption-allegations-eppo
- Published: 2026-10-16T11:35:09+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: olaf, eesc, eppo, corruption allegations, eu antifraud, whistleblower, politics, world
## Antifraud watchdog refers EESC case
OLAF, the EU's antifraud office, has passed corruption allegations at the European Economic and Social Committee to the European Public Prosecutor's Office.
## EPPO has stronger enforcement powers
The EPPO investigates crimes against EU financial interests and can search private homes or seize evidence, giving it significantly stronger powers than OLAF's administrative investigations.
## OLAF also probing whistleblower retaliation
OLAF is investigating whether EESC executives tried to identify a staff whistleblower who raised funding concerns. Anonymous letters say IT workers were asked by senior managers to identify staffers who had accessed the OLAF website.
## Key takeaway

OLAF has passed corruption allegations at the EESC to the EPPO, which has stronger powers to investigate crimes against EU financial interests.