COMMISSION CONTROLS
January 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has disbanded its Directorate General for Financial Control, as part of its root-and-branch reform of its accounting controls, aimed at wrestling with reports claiming that European Union institutions continue to be riddled with fraud. The EU anti fraud office OLAF said in its latest report that 552 new cases were opened from last May to this June, with its caseload increasing by 30 per cent compared to the two first years of its existence, for instance.As a result, internal reforms are ongoing, with the Commission taking ...
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