Brussels, 04/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 3 December, MEPs from the special anti-corruption and organised crime committee (CRIM) examined the issue of embezzlement of European funds and their laundering by the Mafia. The two S&D MEPs who wrote a report on the subject, Barbara Weiler from Germany and Tanja Fajon from Slovenia, estimated the overall cost of this fraud at around €200 billion a year.
Structural and CAP funds are most affected. VAT fraud is the most widespread kind of...