EU AGENCY OLAF BUSY FIGHTING FOOD SUBSIDY FRAUD
July 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF last year opened 39 new probes into financial irregularities involving EU agriculture programmes and at least 25 could generate criminal charges says its new annual report. With OLAF investigations lasting on average two years, these inquiries are ongoing and reflect continuing efforts by Brussels-based OLAF to squeeze fraud from EU food subsidy spending. The report outlines some uncovered scams. One involved 3,400 tonnes of sugar exported to Croatia from the EU via the Russian Baltic exclave of ...
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