OLAF REFORMS – EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONTROL INCREASED
June 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INDEPENDENCE of European Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF is to be clipped by reforms proposed by the European Commission, which is keen to avoid future scandals such as that involving statistical agency Eurostat. In that case, problems dragged on because OLAF inquiries were kept secret, but under the new proposals, institutions affected by an alleged fraud would have to be alerted about any OLAF investigation. The subject of any inquiries would also be alerted, enabling them to make their own case before the police or other ...
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