OLAF CASE LOAD INCREASES, WHILE COMMISSION CLAIMS IMPACT OF EU FRAUD IS STABLE
July 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union's (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has reported in its latest annual report that its caseload is still growing - receiving 886 allegations of wrongdoing to probe in 2007, the highest ever, and up from 529 in 2002. Furthermore, the proportion of OLAF cases closed with a follow-up by judicial authorities has also increased, reaching 65%, compared with less than 45% before 2004 and 61% in 2006.
However, the European Commission claims in a separate report on EU fraud and financial irregularities that the effect of these crimes and ...
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