EU FRAUD REPORT
June 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLCRIMINALS are still fleecing the European Union's budget of hundreds-of-millions of Euro, according to the latest European Commission fraud report. But Brussels is refusing to throw in the towel, unveiling more anti-fraud proposals, Keith Nuthall reports.THE ANNUAL report on the Protection of the Communities' (EU's) Financial Interests and the Fight Against Fraud always seems to have been misnamed, in that it usually focuses on how much money the European Union has been losing to fraudsters, rather than saving.Alas, this year is no different. It ...
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