EU MEMBER STATES MAYBE FORCED TO USE EU DATA MINING ANTI-FRAUD TOOL
June 2nd, 2020
European Union (EU) member states could be forced to use a standard anti-fraud data mining and risk scoring tool, if the bloc’s executive European Commission has its way. Its employment, social affairs and inclusion directorate general (DG EMPL) uses the ‘Arachne’ tool to pick up risk of fraud and conflicts of interest among some 2 million beneficiaries of the EU’s EUR85 billion (USD95 billion) ‘structural funds’ – social and regional aid for comparatively-deprived areas (in European terms). Arachne cross-checks beneficiary details against data ...
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