BRUSSELS –
The European agency for anti-fraud office (OLAF) last year to 346 cases in which EU money is not according to the rules is issued. It comes to a total amount of 631 million euro. The service has advised that money back to requirements and the fraudsters before the courts.
The to claim back the amount is lower than in 2015. When was according to OLAF with 888 million euros in European subsidies regime. A year earlier this was 901 million euros.
Furthermore, parliamentarians cheating with declarations. Also would be EU money for national partijactiviteiten be used, and that is prohibited. According to OLAF director Giovanni Kessler is possible, there is a structural problem and would not hurt the lines to tighten.
The EU gave last year, over 136 billion. The service opened last year, 219 new studies.