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Politico (15 May 2025)

Max Griera and Elisa Braun

Senior management at the EU’s asylum agency bypassed staff regulations to promote a “friendly circle” into senior positions, a confidential investigation by the EU’s anti-fraud watchdog OLAF found.

OLAF launched its investigation in late 2022 after anonymous complaints from staff raised alarm about irregularities in personnel decisions.

The probe, which concluded this year and was shared with MEPs in March, says senior leadership bypassed procedures to appoint friends in managerial positions. It also says the agency’s leadership restructured the legal, procurement and facility departments not in response to organizational needs, but to accommodate the career ambitions of certain individuals.

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