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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10007

28 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud
Fraud in the sugar industry

Brussels, 27/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - Belgian sugar company BENEO-Orafti, a subsidiary of German giant Südzucker, is being investigated for alleged fraud in EU subsidies of up to €3 million, according to an article in Tuesday 27 October 2009's issue of the International Herald Tribune. The investigation is being carried out by the Belgian customs authorities and the EU's anti-fraud office, OLAF. The alleged crooks pretended to export sugar to Russia in order to obtain EU subsidies. After...

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