Friday, August 10, 2012

EU anti fraud report launched

Executive Summary 2011 was a year of change for OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office. An internal review highlighted a number of areas where the efficiency of the Office could be improved. As a result, decisions were taken on changes to the organisation and on a new set of investigative procedures. The changes took effect on 1 February 2012. In 2011, OLAF received 1 046 incoming information items, three quarters of which came from private sources. One in five completed selections resulted in an investigation or coordination case. Out of the 178 cases opened, 144 were investigations. See full Report, in pdf format.