PUBLIC PROCUREMENT A PROBLEMATIC AREA FOR FRAUD, OLAF DIRECTOR GENERAL SAYS
December 1st, 2014
PUBLIC procurement for infrastructure projects in the European Union (EU) involving spending EU public money is particularly prone to fraud, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) director general has told Fraud Intelligence.Speaking in an exclusive interview from his office in Brussels, Giovanni Kessler said that investigations in this area will continue to be a priority for OLAF in 2015, as it has been in 2014.Tasked to investigate fraud against the EU budget, OLAF will continue to look into issues such as collusive bidding; falsification of foreseen ...
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