The European anti-fraud office (OLAF) opened 215 investigations in 2017 and concluded 197, according to its 2017 report, which was published on Wednesday 6 June.
Following investigations carried out over the year, OLAF recommended the recovery of more than €3 billion to the EU budget, the OLAF report states. The money recovered will be progressively paid back into the budget and be “re-attributed to projects that can stimulate growth and jobs in Europe”, the office explains.
OLAF has...