The action of the National Office of Anti -Fraud (ONAF) allowed the seizure of more than 596 million euros in criminal assets in France in 2024, against 159 million in 2023, customs services announced on Wednesday. The ONAF, created on May 1, 2024 to strengthen the media of judicial finance investigation (SEJF), received 360 new surveys in a year, which allowed 44 criminal organizations in 2024, added Customs in a press release.
About 39% of these cases were entrusted to the ONAF “by the courts in charge of the fight against organized crime and the most complex fraud,” such as the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF), the national jurisdiction to combat organized crime (Junalco) or the National Anti -Rorder Prosecutor’s Office, said the press release. The seizures of criminal assets, “a need in economic and financial surveys”, “aim to deprive the authors of the direct or indirect product of the crimes committed,” says the Anti -Fraud Office in its annual activity report published on Wednesday.
Cars, watches or luxury buildings
Among these assets, species and bank accounts seized, but also cryptocurrencies, gold, “cars and luxury watches”, as well as buildings, detailed the director of UONAF, Christophe Perruuaux, in the introduction of this report.
The ONAF, composed of 312 researchers divided into 10 units throughout the territory, also “allowed the State to detect almost 20 billion euros in fraud and recover 13 billion,” according to the press release. “OONAF’s action is completely part of the government’s determined will to combat fraud and, therefore, help reduce debt,” added the press release. French customs have seen their means considerably strengthened by the law of July 18, 2023 to combat new threats and adapt their legal means to effectively fight financial crimes.
Source: BFM TV
