CROATIA UNDER PRESSURE TO CONTROL COMMERCIAL CRIME AS EU ENTRY BECKONS
March 1st, 2007
BY MARK ROWECROATIA'S application to join the European Union (EU) has been far from plain sailing. Corruption, commercial crime and general unease about the judicial reform have been cited among reasons for delays to Croatia's accession. But is Croatia's commercial crime record so much worse than that of the EU's newest members, Bulgaria and Romania? Mark Rowe reports.SINCE the end of the Balkan Wars, Croatia has been following a steady, if slow, path towards membership of the EU. One former slice of Yugoslavia, Slovenia, is already in the club, and a raft of ...
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