EU FOOD SUBSIDY FRAUD STILL RISING
July 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE COST of fraud and corruption to the EU food subsidy budgets continues to rise, with the European Commission being alerted to Euro 102 million's worth of "irregularities" in 2005, compared to Euro 82 million in 2004.
* http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0378en01.doc
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THE COST of fraud and corruption to the EU food subsidy budgets continues to rise, with the European Commission being alerted to Euro 102 million's worth of "irregularities" in 2005, compared to Euro 82 million in 2004.
* http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2006/com2006_0378en01.doc
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