Katarína Kaszasová, the lead auditor, said 'In simple language, the commission doesn't know whether all the money due to the EU budget is being repaid' (Photo: European Court of Auditors)

Auditors find flaws in EU anti-fraud framework

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EU Political

by Owen Carpenter-Zehe, Brussels,

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) found inter-institutional issues are slowing fraud investigations and collection of fines, in a new report published on Monday (15 December).

The ECA audited the main EU anti-fr...

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Owen Carpenter-Zehe is a junior reporter from the US at EUobserver, covering European politics.

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Katarína Kaszasová, the lead auditor, said 'In simple language, the commission doesn't know whether all the money due to the EU budget is being repaid' (Photo: European Court of Auditors)