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🔥 Top 100 EU Corruption Scandals – 2025 Report

🔥 Top 100 EU Corruption Scandals – 2025 Report
Unmasking the most outrageous abuses of power, fraud, and backdoor deals in EU history. Full PDF, sources, maps, and visuals now available at berndpulch.org. 💣💼💶 #EUcorruption #Pfizergate #Qatargate #TransparencyNow

Compiled by Bernd Pulch for berndpulch.org

📊 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.

🏆 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.

Rank 26–50

  1. Poland’s “Farms-for-Votes” scandal
  2. Romania’s Regional Development kickback ring
  3. Slovakia’s Digital Education Ghost Project
  4. Italian Train Infrastructure Mafia ties
  5. Germany’s Wirecard-EU Fintech Lobbying
  6. Malta’s passport sales laundering ring
  7. European Court of Auditors Internal Scandal
  8. Croatia’s Coastal Property Rezoning Bribes
  9. Estonia e-ID Procurement Fraud
  10. Denmark Offshore Wind Bidding Bribes
  11. Greek Church Land Swap Corruption
  12. EU Peace Fund–Yemen weapons resale
  13. Latvia’s EU Green Funds diverted to casinos
  14. Slovenia’s Defense Ministry drone deal kickbacks
  15. Dutch COVID Subsidy Embezzlement Ring
  16. Belgium Real Estate MEP Bribes (2010–2017)
  17. European Social Fund (ESF) Human Rights Projects – €100M untraceable
  18. France’s PACA Region Embezzlement Ring
  19. Ireland’s EU Fisheries Quota Abuse
  20. Finland’s PPE Tender Fraud (2020–2021)
  21. Luxembourg’s Tax Shell Lobby Payments
  22. Hungary’s University of Public Service €75M IT Ghost Project
  23. European Mobility Fund – Fake EV startups
  24. Bulgaria’s Agriculture Inspectorate bribery
  25. Romania’s Judiciary Grant Money Siphoning

Rank 51–75

  1. Italy’s Calabria Highway Embezzlement
  2. Austria’s Pfizer Vaccine Stock Shifting
  3. EU Parliament Building Maintenance Fund Fraud
  4. Spain’s Andalusia Vocational Training Scheme
  5. France’s Border Surveillance Grant Misuse
  6. Slovakia’s Roma Integration EU Program Embezzlement
  7. Belgium’s COVID Vaccine Redistribution for Profit
  8. Hungary’s OLAF-EUROVIA infrastructure manipulation
  9. Germany’s Covid Procurement Insider Leaks
  10. Lithuania’s Rail Baltica Procurement Kickbacks
  11. Sweden’s Fossil Fuel Divestment Fund Diversion
  12. Croatia’s EU Hospital Construction Bribes
  13. Cyprus Municipal Water Grant Bribery
  14. Poland’s National Judiciary Construction Tender
  15. Estonia’s Education Portal Crypto Breach
  16. Czechia’s EU Youth Fund Music Festival Scam
  17. Italy’s Naples Tunnel Engineering Fraud
  18. Greek Olympic Venue Maintenance EU Abuse
  19. Romania’s School Tablet Procurement Scandal
  20. Portugal’s Green Energy Fund Laundering
  21. Spain’s Junta Subsidy Stacking
  22. Latvia’s Fishery Licensing Bribe Ring
  23. France’s Municipal Air Quality Fraud
  24. Bulgaria’s Coal Plant Closure Compensation Theft
  25. EU Structural Fund Grant Auction Manipulation

Rank 76–100

  1. Malta’s Gozo Transport Tunnel Shell Deals
  2. Lithuania’s Social Inclusion Grants to Political Allies
  3. Finland’s Arctic Research Fraud
  4. Netherlands’ Wind Turbine Site Kickbacks
  5. Belgium’s Cultural Grant Fake NGOs
  6. Hungary’s Mészáros Family EU Megaprojects
  7. Slovakia’s Anti-Fraud Office Misuse
  8. Austria’s Vaccine Expiry Black Market
  9. Sweden’s Ethical AI Subsidy Ghost Projects
  10. France’s Digital ID Outsourcing Bribes
  11. Italy’s Venice Sea Wall (MOSE) Kickbacks
  12. EU Horizon 2020 Disinfo Research Grift
  13. Germany’s Meatpacking Subsidy Laundering
  14. Croatia’s EU Reconstruction Grant Manipulation
  15. Spain’s Green Transition Fund Redirection
  16. Poland’s Firefighting Drone Fraud
  17. Portugal’s Digital Forest Monitoring Kickbacks
  18. Czechia’s Public Hospital EU Tender Scam
  19. Romania’s Village Internet Contract Embezzlement
  20. Ireland’s Carbon Credit Trading Shell Firms
  21. Denmark’s Bridge Construction Bid Rigging
  22. Netherlands’ EU Port Upgrade Lobbyist Tie-ins
  23. Bulgaria’s Renewable Energy Kickback Empire
  24. Hungary’s eHealth Record Misuse
  25. Luxembourg’s Statistical Office Employment Abuse

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