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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7965

16 May 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/fraud
European Commission's Report 2000 on the protection of financial interests shows record level of fraud and irregularities

Brussels, 15/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, in Strasbourg, the European Commission adopted a report that sheds light on the strong increase, in 2000, in fraud to the detriment of the Community budget. The report on the protection of the EU's financial interests and the fight against fraud notes 6,955 new cases dealt with by the Member States and the Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), with an overall budgetary impact estimated at over EUR 2 billion. The level of fraud and irregularities is...

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