Investigation and surveillance equipment and methods

Expected Outcome

Strengthening and improving beneficiaries’ investigative and operational capacity, as measured, for example, by the number of successful operations carried out with the purchased products to support investigations into activities detrimental to the financial interests of the EU. This includes the number of arrests, convictions, seizures, confiscations, recoveries, prevented losses to national and EU budgets and fraud schemes uncovered.

Scope

The purchase and maintenance of investigation and surveillance equipment and methods used by beneficiaries to prevent and fight against irregularities, fraud and corruption detrimental to the financial interests of the EU.

The purchase of adapted transport equipment, IT hardware and software and audio-visual equipment may be included if an applicant can clearly demonstrate that the purchase helps to prevent and combat fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities affecting the financial interests of the EU. Specialised training for staff to operate these tools must be included as part of the action.