OLAF REFORM
March 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLBELEAGUED European Union (EU) anti-fraud unit OLAF will have to argue its corner over reforms to its operation, now formally tabled by European Commission president Romano Prodi. When announcing his intention to force OLAF to divulge details of its investigations last October, following the Eurostat scandal, the fraud unit said it opposed changing its procedures, which would cause disruption. But Prodi has ploughed ahead, proposing reforms to OLAF's founding regulation telling OLAF to reveal to affected bodies the names of suspects in a fraud ...
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