The EU efforts in combating internal fraud and
corruption
The EU efforts in combating internal fraud and
corruption
Author(s): Alfred KellermannSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Publishing Inc. European Readings & Prodifmultimedia/Editura Napoca Star
Keywords: Europol, Eurojust; EU Public Prosecutor; Justice and Home Affairs; Common Foreign and Security Policy.
Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on some of the EU experiences with combating internal fraud and corruption beforeand since the Lisbon Treaty. The latter Treaty creates new opportunities and provides new instruments to establishan effective area of freedom, security and justice at European level. The article also comments upon the reports onthe way the Commission is handling internal fraud, as well as the performance of some Commissioners. Finally, therole of OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office), Europol and Eurojust and the potential EU Public Prosecutor arediscussed.
Journal: L’Europe Unie
- Issue Year: 7/2014
- Issue No: 7-8
- Page Range: 89-93
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English