On Wednesday 19 January, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said that it had helped an investigation to bring to justice a group of nine individuals and companies in Italy and Romania accused of illegally obtaining €850,000 of community funding for tomato production.
OLAF worked with the Romanian National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) and the Prosecutor’s Office of the Italian municipality of Enna and thus uncovered potentially fraudulent practices (false documents, fictitious...