Europol Executive Director Catherine
De Bolle on Tuesday warned that mafia organizations have set
their sights on the EU's Recovery Fund, which is designed to
help countries get over the economic earthquake caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
De Bolle, who is in Rome for a meeting of European police
chiefs, said that "an increase in infiltration of the economy"
by criminal organizations has been registered at the European
level.
"The increase in infiltration is the reason why Europol has
asked for funding (linked to the Recovery Fund) to be monitored
with attention," she said.
"Funds formed by member states have already been targetted by
criminal organizations and we forecast that they will be
targetted even more"
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