EPPO

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European Union body independent public prosecution office prosecution office

EPPO is the European Union body responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes affecting the EU’s financial interests, such as fraud and corruption involving EU funds.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
EPPO canonical	2
College of the EPPO	1
EPPO Regulation	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7452475 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: EPPO
Context triple: [European Public Prosecutor’s Office, shortName, EPPO]

A. EPPO
EPPO is the ICAO airport code for Poznań–Ławica Airport, an international airport serving the city of Poznań in western Poland.
B. EOP
EOP is the collective group of offices and agencies that directly support the President of the United States in carrying out executive responsibilities and policy initiatives.
C. EPP
EPP is a major center-right, pro-European political party at the European level, bringing together Christian democratic and conservative parties from across the European Union.
D. EPOP
EPOP is the ICAO airport code assigned to Opole-Polska Nowa Wieś Airport, a Polish airfield primarily serving sports and general aviation.
E. IEEPA
IEEPA is a U.S. federal law that grants the President broad authority to regulate international economic transactions during declared national emergencies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: EPPO
Target entity description: EPPO is the European Union body responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes affecting the EU’s financial interests, such as fraud and corruption involving EU funds.

A. EPPO
EPPO is the ICAO airport code for Poznań–Ławica Airport, an international airport serving the city of Poznań in western Poland.
B. EOP
EOP is the collective group of offices and agencies that directly support the President of the United States in carrying out executive responsibilities and policy initiatives.
C. EPP
EPP is a major center-right, pro-European political party at the European level, bringing together Christian democratic and conservative parties from across the European Union.
D. EPOP
EPOP is the ICAO airport code assigned to Opole-Polska Nowa Wieś Airport, a Polish airfield primarily serving sports and general aviation.
E. IEEPA
IEEPA is a U.S. federal law that grants the President broad authority to regulate international economic transactions during declared national emergencies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union body ⓘ independent public prosecution office ⓘ prosecution office ⓘ
abbreviationOf	European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
acronym	EPPO ⓘ
competence	criminal offences affecting the EU budget ⓘ serious cross-border VAT fraud ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Eurojust ⓘ European Anti-Fraud Office ⓘ Europol ⓘ national judicial authorities of participating EU Member States ⓘ
dateEstablished	2017-11-12 ⓘ
dateOperational	2021-06-01 ⓘ
fullName	European Public Prosecutor’s Office ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	European Chief Prosecutor ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Luxembourg ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Luxembourg City ⓘ linked to: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
isAccountableTo	Council of the European Union ⓘ European Parliament ⓘ
isIndependentFrom	European Commission ⓘ national prosecution services of Member States ⓘ
jurisdiction	European Union ⓘ
legalBasis	Article 86 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ⓘ Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 ⓘ
mandate	combat corruption involving EU funds ⓘ combat cross-border VAT fraud above specified thresholds ⓘ direct criminal investigations and prosecutions of fraud involving EU funds ⓘ investigate crimes affecting the European Union’s financial interests ⓘ prosecute crimes affecting the European Union’s financial interests ⓘ
memberStateParticipation	22 EU Member States ⓘ
nonParticipatingMemberState	Denmark ⓘ Estonia ⓘ Hungary ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Malta ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Poland ⓘ Sweden ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
structure	College of European Prosecutors ⓘ linked to: College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office European Chief Prosecutor ⓘ European Delegated Prosecutors in participating Member States ⓘ European Prosecutors from participating Member States ⓘ Permanent Chambers ⓘ central office in Luxembourg ⓘ
typeOfCrimeHandled	corruption involving EU funds ⓘ fraud involving EU funds ⓘ money laundering of proceeds affecting EU financial interests ⓘ participation in a criminal organisation when the focus is on offences against EU financial interests ⓘ
website	https://www.eppo.europa.eu/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Public Prosecutor’s Office → shortName → EPPO ⓘ

EPPO → acronym → EPPO ⓘ

Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 → shortName → EPPO Regulation ⓘ

linked to: EPPO

Permanent Chambers → subjectToOversightBy → College of the EPPO ⓘ