BULGARIA IMPROVES ANTI-FRAUD RECORD WHILE ROMANIA SLIPS BACK – BRUSSELS REPORT
July 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST European Commission monitoring report on Bulgaria and Romania's fight against fraud and corruption has said Sofia has made progress, while Bucharest has slipped back. Since the victory of the centre right Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria last June, robust policies have tackled organised crime, fraud and corruption. These have been appreciated by the Commission, which said: "Bulgaria has adopted improvements in its penal procedures and can demonstrate a higher number of indictments for cases involving high-level ...
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