22/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 20 December, the Italian finance and customs police service (the 'Guardia di Finanza') announced that from January to November 2006, it recovered EUR 433 million of fraudulently acquired EU aid from companies, a 26% rise compared with 2005, according to reports in AFP. During these anti-fraud operations, the Italian police took statements from 1340 people, 661 of whom were reported to the judicial authorities and 39 of whom were then arrested. EU...