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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8767

12 August 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
OLAF says no evidence to date of misuse of EU aid to the Palestinian Authority

Brussels, 11/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European anti-fraud office OLAF has found no evidence to date of funds from the EU 'to the Palestinian Authority being used to finance illegal activities, including terrorism'. The investigations (begun in February 2003) 'are ongoing', comments OLAF in a press release issued following new reports in the media about the results of the investigations.

Reuters in Jerusalem reported last week that OLAF had asked Israel for authorisation to question...