Art. 83 Cooperation between FIUs and OLAF | Anti-money laundering regulation (AMLR) | AML

This article establishes the cooperation framework between Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) and the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

It mirrors the structure of Article 82, which governs the relationship between FIUs and the EPPO, but focuses specifically on fraud, corruption, and other illegal activity affecting the Union's financial interests.

The article creates a two-way channel: FIUs are required to proactively transmit relevant information to OLAF when grounds for suspicion exist, must respond to OLAF's information requests, and both bodies are permitted to share the results of strategic analyses.

Important points:

FIUs are required to transmit without delay the results of their analyses to OLAF where there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud, corruption, or other illegal activity affecting the Union's financial interests.
FIUs must respond in a timely manner to information requests made by OLAF relating to the same categories of illegal activity.
FIUs and OLAF may exchange strategic analysis outputs, including typologies and risk indicators, where relevant to those activities.

1. Pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council(⁴⁸), each FIU shall transmit without delay the results of its analyses and any additional relevant information to OLAF where there are reasonable grounds to suspect that fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity affecting the Union’s financial interests are being or have been committed in respect of which OLAF could exercise its competence in accordance with Article 8 of that Regulation.
1. FIUs shall respond in a timely manner to requests for information by OLAF in relation to fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity as referred to in paragraph 1.
1. FIUs and OLAF may exchange the results of strategic analyses, including typologies and risk indicators, where such analyses relate to fraud, corruption or any other illegal activity as referred to in paragraph 1.