An international conference entitled 'Detecting and investigating misuse of European funds’ was held at the Brdo pri Kranju Congress Centre from 26 to 28 May 2025, organised by the Slovenian police in cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor's Office.

The three-day programme, which included lectures, case presentations and a wrap-up roundtable on common operational and systemic challenges, was attended by more than 80 participants from the police and other competent authorities from Slovenia.

The event brought together national and international experts from the police, prosecutor's offices and other competent authorities with the aim of strengthening inter-institutional cooperation and improving the effectiveness of the detection, investigation and prosecution of criminal offences related to fraud, corruption and other forms of economic crime in connection with European funds.

Particular attention was paid to identifying complex patterns of fraud against European funds, analysing links between cases, tracing cash flows, cross-border investigations within the European Public Prosecutor's Office and the use of modern investigative tools, including artificial intelligence.

The conference conclusions emphasised the need to strengthen the relevant mechanisms within the competent administrative and supervisory authorities for detecting and consistently reporting criminal offences involving the misuse of European funds to the competent European Public Prosecutor's Office and the police.

The lectures were given by representatives of the Slovenian police, the European Public Prosecutor's Office, including delegated prosecutors from Slovenia, Italy and Croatia, the European Anti-Fraud Office, the Belgian Directorate-General for Economic Inspection, the Croatian police and the Budget Supervision Office of the Republic of Slovenia (AFCOS), while representatives of the Specialised State Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Slovenia, the Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovenian Office for Recovery and Resilience participated in a round table discussion.

The conference was organised and financed via the Internal Security Fund (ISF) and the Police Training and Development Plan for 2025.