OLAF CRITICISM
July 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLIN institutions as riddled with financial crime and mismanagement as the European Union (EU), an in-house anti-fraud unit was always going to have a tough time. But EU fraud-busters OLAF seem to be making a bad fist out of a dodgy job. Keith Nuthall reports.OLAF is under attack from all sides. It not only has to fight fraudsters, but today, it is butting heads with the good guys too: investigative journalists, politicians of good repute, auditors...The only common ground seems to be that OLAF needs to exist. There is much less consensus about how ...
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