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Romania, first for EU fund fraud investigations in 2017

OLAF, Bucharest followed by Hungary, Poland and Greece

07 June, 17:18
(ANSA) - BUCHAREST - Romania was targeted by the highest number of investigations related to the misuse of European funds in 2017 of all the 28 EU member states, shows the 2017 activity report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).

The office carried out 11 such investigations targeting Romania and issued recommendations in eight of them. Hungary and Poland were next, with 10 investigations each, followed by Greece with 9.

According to Romania-Insider.com, two of the investigations carried out in Romania were given as examples by OLAF on how EU funds are defrauded, sometimes with the involvement of political figures and the falsification of documents. (ANSA).

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