EU MOVES TOWARDS PUBLIC PROSECUTOR PROPOSALS
March 1st, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) needs to act on its long discussed goal of creating an EU public prosecutor to protect its financial interests and should also introduce an EU-wide definition of mafia-style organised crime, MEPs said this week. A European Parliament's special committee on organised crime, corruption and money laundering (CRIM) has now recommended in draft proposals that an EU prosecutor should coordinate and encourage national investigations, while interacting with law enforcement agency Europol, judicial cooperation unit Eurojust, and EU anti-fraud ...
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