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'It's very easy to commit frauds with EU money and VAT fraud. You need a lawyer. You need an accountant. You need someone who is dressed nice,' added Laura Kövesi, EPPO chief prosecutor (Photo: © European Union 2023 - Source : EP)

EU prosecutor says role morphing from budget fraud to violent crime

The EU's public prosector office (EPPO) is sounding the alarm over the spread of organised crime and criminals that "do not shy away from extreme violence," according to its chief prosecutor, Laura Kövesi.

Set up some five years to combat fraud against EU funds, the Luxembourg-based office says it now finds itself in a new role.

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

'It's very easy to commit frauds with EU money and VAT fraud. You need a lawyer. You need an accountant. You need someone who is dressed nice,' added Laura Kövesi, EPPO chief prosecutor (Photo: © European Union 2023 - Source : EP)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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