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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7868

21 December 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud
OLAF gives details in butter fraud case

Brussels, 20/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has given explications on fraud involving adulterated butter brought to notice by the Italian police with the help of OLAF (see EUROPE of 7 July). The adulterated butter produced in southern Italy by an organised criminal network is reported to have been sold above all in France and in Belgium, but also in Germany. "It was discovered that a number of possibly adulterated shipments were made to Germany prior to April...

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