OLAF OPERATION HALTS ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCAM
November 2nd, 2013
AUTHORITIES in Italy have seized and frozen assets belonging to a Rome company that abused financing from the European Development Fund (EDF) destined for development projects in some of the poorest parts of Africa.The action follows a joint investigation - Operazione Pioggia nel deserto, or Operation Rain in the Desert - by the European Union (EU) anti-fraud office OLAF and the Italian financial police the Guardia di Finanza, which together uncovered frauds depriving the EU of more than EUR9 million.OLAF had conducted its own investigations in 2010 and 2011, ...
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