EU ANTI-FRAUD CHIEF SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH ACCOUNTANTS
May 1st, 2016
THE DIRECTOR general of the European Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF has stressed that his agency needs closer ties with accountants. In an interview with Accounting & Business a day before the agency released its latest annual report (on May 31), Giovanni Kessler stressed that accountants working inside and outside institutions were ideally qualified to help sniff out fraud. His organisation fights financial crime attaching both EU income (such as import duties) and spending programmes.
He said: “The work of accountancy is very important for our ...
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