EU FRAUD CHIEF REBUFFS NEW ‘RESIGN’ CALL
April 1st, 2013
GIOVANNI Kessler, the embattled director general of European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has rejected a fresh call to resign in the mounting furore over claims the agency used illegal wire taps in the case of former EU health Commissioner John Dalli who resigned over allegations of conflict of interest involving a tobacco firm."Mr Kessler would like to re-iterate that he does not intend to resign because he has not done anything wrong," a spokesperson for OLAF told Fraud Intelligence. "OLAF emphasises that its actions as an independent investigative body ...
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