THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION IN THE FIGHT AGAINST FRAUD - EUROPEAN FUNDS SECTOR

For the European Institutions and all the Member States, the last three decades were a continuously challenge to find the best methods to fight against fraud and to protect the financial interest of the European Union. The digitalization process and programs like Helcules supported this fight and assist in these protection process. So, in-depth investigations into European Funds have increased significantly in recent years, generating more and more data to be processed. The article presents to what extent, this digitalization process, has managed to make improvements at EU level over the last decades, in the sector of European Funds. So, the Member States through the digitalization process implement a series of actions to stop irregularities, fraud and corruption that have a negative effect on the EU budget.