🔥 Top 100 EU Corruption Scandals – 2025 Report

Compiled by Bernd Pulch for berndpulch.org

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📊 METHODOLOGY (Recap)

Criteria weighted by relevance:

• 💶 Monetary Impact (30%)
• ⚖️ Official Accountability (25%)
• 🏛️ Institutional Reach (20%)
• 📂 Documented Evidence (15%)
• 🔁 Lasting Policy/Systemic Effects (10%)
  Sources: EU Court rulings, EPPO reports, investigative journalism (FT, Politico, Reuters), court transcripts, OLAF, whistleblowers.

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🏆 TOP 100 EU CORRUPTION SCANDALS OF ALL TIME

Top 1–25

1. Greek Farming Subsidy Fraud (2016–2024) – €2.4B misused; 5 resignations.
2. Pfizergate (von der Leyen–Pfizer SMS Deal) – €35B vaccine deal via private messages.
3. Cum-Ex Tax Scandal – €55B stolen in EU-wide tax fraud schemes.
4. Qatargate – €1.5M cash seized; MEPs arrested for lobbying on behalf of Qatar.
5. Huawei Bribery Scandal – MEP aides received gifts; immunity stripped.
6. Gürtel Case (Spain) – €120M embezzled; conservative PP officials jailed.
7. Agusta–Dassault Affair – NATO chief Claes convicted for bribes in helicopter deals.
8. Mani Pulite (Italy) – Over $4B in bribes revealed; collapse of First Republic.
9. Cash-for-Influence (EP, 2011) – MEPs Ernst Strasser and Adrian Severin jailed.
10. Santer Commission Resignation (1999) – Entire Commission resigned over fraud.
11. Babiš Conflict of Interest – €19M subsidies routed to PM-owned firm.
12. Romanian Danube Delta Fraud – €100M misused; bribes exceeded 50%.
13. Marine Le Pen EU Parliament Fraud – €6.8M in staff fraud; ban from office.
14. EU Carbon Credit Laundering Ring – €5B tax loss; mafia involvement.
15. Bulgaria’s EU Road Tender Scandal – €720M for fake contracts.
16. Czech Health Ministry COVID Procurement – €460M in no-bid deals.
17. European Investment Bank Bribery (EIB) – Ex-director took €20M in favors.
18. France’s UMP Bygmalion Scandal – Sarkozy’s party fined for fake invoicing.
19. Slovenian Border Fence Scandal – €28M siphoned via opaque defense deals.
20. Von der Leyen’s Military Cloud Deal – €240M without Bundestag oversight.
21. Italian PPE Mafia Contracts (COVID) – €1.2B routed through shell companies.
22. Cyprus Golden Passport Scheme – Bribes for EU citizenship sales.
23. Austria’s Ibiza Affair – Heinz-Christian Strache caught selling policy to fake donor.
24. Hungary’s 4iG Telecom-EU Contract Nexus – Nepotism & €300M deal links.
25. European Defence Fund Leakage (2022–2024) – €380M to ghost firms.

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Rank 26–50

26. Poland’s “Farms-for-Votes” scandal
27. Romania’s Regional Development kickback ring
28. Slovakia’s Digital Education Ghost Project
29. Italian Train Infrastructure Mafia ties
30. Germany’s Wirecard-EU Fintech Lobbying
31. Malta’s passport sales laundering ring
32. European Court of Auditors Internal Scandal
33. Croatia’s Coastal Property Rezoning Bribes
34. Estonia e-ID Procurement Fraud
35. Denmark Offshore Wind Bidding Bribes
36. Greek Church Land Swap Corruption
37. EU Peace Fund–Yemen weapons resale
38. Latvia’s EU Green Funds diverted to casinos
39. Slovenia’s Defense Ministry drone deal kickbacks
40. Dutch COVID Subsidy Embezzlement Ring
41. Belgium Real Estate MEP Bribes (2010–2017)
42. European Social Fund (ESF) Human Rights Projects – €100M untraceable
43. France’s PACA Region Embezzlement Ring
44. Ireland’s EU Fisheries Quota Abuse
45. Finland’s PPE Tender Fraud (2020–2021)
46. Luxembourg’s Tax Shell Lobby Payments
47. Hungary’s University of Public Service €75M IT Ghost Project
48. European Mobility Fund – Fake EV startups
49. Bulgaria’s Agriculture Inspectorate bribery
50. Romania’s Judiciary Grant Money Siphoning

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Rank 51–75

51. Italy’s Calabria Highway Embezzlement
52. Austria’s Pfizer Vaccine Stock Shifting
53. EU Parliament Building Maintenance Fund Fraud
54. Spain’s Andalusia Vocational Training Scheme
55. France’s Border Surveillance Grant Misuse
56. Slovakia’s Roma Integration EU Program Embezzlement
57. Belgium’s COVID Vaccine Redistribution for Profit
58. Hungary’s OLAF-EUROVIA infrastructure manipulation
59. Germany’s Covid Procurement Insider Leaks
60. Lithuania’s Rail Baltica Procurement Kickbacks
61. Sweden’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Fund Diversion
62. Croatia’s EU Hospital Construction Bribes
63. Cyprus Municipal Water Grant Bribery
64. Poland’s National Judiciary Construction Tender
65. Estonia’s Education Portal Crypto Breach
66. Czechia’s EU Youth Fund Music Festival Scam
67. Italy’s Naples Tunnel Engineering Fraud
68. Greek Olympic Venue Maintenance EU Abuse
69. Romania’s School Tablet Procurement Scandal
70. Portugal’s Green Energy Fund Laundering
71. Spain’s Junta Subsidy Stacking
72. Latvia’s Fishery Licensing Bribe Ring
73. France’s Municipal Air Quality Fraud
74. Bulgaria’s Coal Plant Closure Compensation Theft
75. EU Structural Fund Grant Auction Manipulation

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Rank 76–100

76. Malta’s Gozo Transport Tunnel Shell Deals
77. Lithuania’s Social Inclusion Grants to Political Allies
78. Finland’s Arctic Research Fraud
79. Netherlands’ Wind Turbine Site Kickbacks
80. Belgium’s Cultural Grant Fake NGOs
81. Hungary’s Mészáros Family EU Megaprojects
82. Slovakia’s Anti-Fraud Office Misuse
83. Austria’s Vaccine Expiry Black Market
84. Sweden’s Ethical AI Subsidy Ghost Projects
85. France’s Digital ID Outsourcing Bribes
86. Italy’s Venice Sea Wall (MOSE) Kickbacks
87. EU Horizon 2020 Disinfo Research Grift
88. Germany’s Meatpacking Subsidy Laundering
89. Croatia’s EU Reconstruction Grant Manipulation
90. Spain’s Green Transition Fund Redirection
91. Poland’s Firefighting Drone Fraud
92. Portugal’s Digital Forest Monitoring Kickbacks
93. Czechia’s Public Hospital EU Tender Scam
94. Romania’s Village Internet Contract Embezzlement
95. Ireland’s Carbon Credit Trading Shell Firms
96. Denmark’s Bridge Construction Bid Rigging
97. Netherlands’ EU Port Upgrade Lobbyist Tie-ins
98. Bulgaria’s Renewable Energy Kickback Empire
99. Hungary’s eHealth Record Misuse
100. Luxembourg’s Statistical Office Employment Abuse

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