About 300 cases of possible misuse of EU funds in Slovakia were reported to the European Commission and EU institutions, with suspicions originating from 76, then 79 Slovak districts.
Justice & Anti-CorruptionSlovakia
- Omissions
- The precise figure reported is 330 suspected cases (Zdechovský's own submission), slightly above the 'about 300' stated by the speaker; the speaker's phrasing 'about 300' is consistent with the 'over 300' figure used in his own materials.
- The cases are self-reported by the MEP and consist of alleged/suspected irregularities; they have not been independently confirmed as fraud by any official authority (European Commission, EPPO or OLAF).
- The district figures are imprecise in the claim: media and the MEP's own materials state suspicions were found in 76 of the 79 Slovak districts (no suspicion in only three), rather than '76, then 79' districts.
- The sources reporting this figure all draw on the same MEP statement/press materials rather than on independent verification, so the figure remains a single-source (self-reported) datum.
- Exact publication dates of the reporting could not be fully confirmed from the search results; the data relates to the EU fact-finding mission and the MEP's submission, which are on or before the session date.
- Sources
- SecondarySTVR (Slovak Radio and Television) - News330 suspected cases of EU fund misuse in Slovakia, Czech MEP Tomáš Zdechovský said on Wednesday. Following a fact-finding mission by the ... (headline: 'Suspected EU fund abuse in 76 Slovak districts')
- SecondaryNovinky.czZdechovský předal EU více než 300 podnětů kvůli dotacím na Slovensku. Podezření se týkají téměř všech okresů, pouze ve třech nebyly zjištěny žádné problémy. 'Ze všech 79 slovenských okresů jsme nenašli podezření...'
- SecondaryGround NewsCzech MEP Reports over 300 Suspected Cases of EU Fund Abuse ... Only Three Districts Were Flawless. Zdechovský Documented 330 Suspected Cases of Misuse of Eu Funds. Most of them were in western Slovakia.
- SecondaryEuropean Parliament - Press release on the fact-finding mission to SlovakiaWe visited Slovakia because we have been receiving alarming reports of alleged misuse of EU funds and rule violations involving individuals ...