EU anti-fraud unit criticised by watchdog

The EU’s anti-fraud body OLAF, has been sharply criticised by the chairman of its own supervisory committee.

During a hearing in the House of Lords in the UK on 19 May, the Chairman of the supervisory body, Raymond Edward Kendall, said that OLAF had been given "enormous powers with no legal supervision".

Furthermore, Mr Kendall believes that "structural problems" are at the heart of some of the problems surrounding OLAF and even questioned whether the current Director-General is ...