European Public Prosecutor's Office becomes operational under chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi
On 1 June 2021 the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) began operations, the EU's first independent prosecution body empowered to investigate and prosecute crimes against the Union's budget, including fraud, corruption and cross-border VAT fraud. In the causal graph this event sets in motion Anti-corruption enforcement capacity, a driver that strengthens Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia — an improving welfare path.
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On 1 June 2021 the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) began operations, the EU's first independent prosecution body empowered to investigate and prosecute crimes against the Union's budget, including fraud, corruption and cross-border VAT fraud. It was led by European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi, confirmed in 2019, alongside prosecutors from participating member states. The EPPO gave the EU a supranational enforcement capacity that had previously not existed.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
European Public Prosecutor's Office
OrganizationDirect responsibility
verified
Creating a dedicated supranational anti-fraud prosecutor materially expanded EU enforcement capacity.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactEuropean Public Prosecutor's Office becomes operational under chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi
- sets in motionDriverAnti-corruption enforcement capacity
- strengthensIndicators (4)Corruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
impact weight 0.7 · Effect from 1 June 2021 · verified
Standing up an independent EU prosecutor created new institutional capacity to pursue fraud and corruption.
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.56 (weight 0.7 × strength 0.8)
Observed
50 index score (0-100) · at the normal line (2025)
At normalAbove normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.42 (weight 0.7 × strength 0.6)
Observed
42.5 index score (0-100) · 7.53 below the normal line (2025)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.28 (weight 0.7 × strength 0.4)
Observed
0.55 index score (0-1) · 0.26 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normalAbove normal = better
All indicators on this path (4)
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.21 (weight 0.7 × strength 0.3)
Observed
0.57 index score (0-1) · 0.23 below the normal line (2024)
Worse than normal125 readings, 1900–2024: rose from 0.5 index score (0-1) to 0.57 index score (0-1).
Above normal = better
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorEuropean Public Prosecutor's Office
- contributed toFactEuropean Public Prosecutor's Office becomes operational under chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi
- sets in motionDriverAnti-corruption enforcement capacity
- strengthensIndicatorCorruption Perceptions Index — Georgia
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Factrail. (2026). European Public Prosecutor's Office becomes operational under chief prosecutor Laura Codruța Kövesi. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gov-fact-eppo-operational-kovesi-2021
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Accessed 15 October 2026.
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