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Paul van Buitenen denied suggestions that he leaked his report to OLAF to the press, telling the EUobserver.com that such accounts were "defamatory to the extent of being libellous". (Photo: EUobserver)

OLAF to investigate leaked classified report

The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) decided to start an internal investigation concerning a leak of confidential information to the press on the Paul van Buitenen affair and to check allegations that a journalist obtained the classified document after paying an official. If, following investigations, evidence of such offence is found, “the office will open disciplinary proceedings and will inform the competent judicial authorities.”

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Paul van Buitenen denied suggestions that he leaked his report to OLAF to the press, telling the EUobserver.com that such accounts were "defamatory to the extent of being libellous". (Photo: EUobserver)

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