The European Commission was the target of most of the internal investigations last year by the EU anti-fraud office (OLAF), while Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy and Romania accounted for the bulk of new cases opened in member states.
Eighty-four cases of suspected fraud in the commission remained under evaluation or were ongoing at the end of 2007, compared to just seven for the EU council and five for the European Parliament, according to OLAF's annual report out on Tuesday (22 July...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.