Best practices and operational models in financial-economic investigation in Europe in the view of EPPO

1. A Preliminary Overview of the ‘ State of the Art ’ in Regard to the Establishment of a European Public Prosecutor - 2. Introduction on the Architecture of the EPPO System: The Scant Attention Paid to the Initial Acquisition of Information Relating to a Criminal Offence. - 3. Two Conspicuous Shortcomings: The Failure to Provide for the Establishment of a European Police Force and Disregard for the Part of the Administrative Inquiry Preparatory to the Criminal Investigation. - 4. The Persistent Coexistence of the Administrative Inquiry and Criminal Investigation.- 5. The Flow of Crime Reports between National Administrative Agencies and the EPPO: A Strategic Role Still to be Played by OLAF.