Brussels, 17/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 March, the European Commission adopted a proposal to reform the EU's Anti-Fraud Office, OLAF. Since it was set up in 1999, OLAF has carried out around 4,500 investigations and has contributed greatly to protecting the EU budget against fraudulent activity. Improvements are nonetheless needed to assist OLAF in performing to its full potential.
An important aspect of this proposal lies in the strengthening of the procedural guarantees...