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Prosecutors trace suspected fraud in the EU’s pandemic recovery fund

About €5 billion in funding under the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility is linked to suspected fraud, according to reporting on European prosecutors’ estimates. The facility was created to channel hundreds of billions of euros to member states after the pandemic.

CompletedThe LedgersSource date · March 2026
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Follow the Money’s reporting draws attention to the controls attached to that spending, describing them as weaker than those used for traditional cohesion funds. The €5 billion figure concerns suspected fraud; it is not a total of losses established by court judgments.

Based on reporting from: Follow the Money; Brussels Signal; Malta Independent.

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  1. Follow the Moneyftm.eu
  2. Brussels Signalbrusselssignal.eu
  3. Malta Independentindependent.com.mt

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This account draws on the publications listed below, compiled on 15 September 2026. Later developments have not been checked.

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