OLAF'S ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY POLICIES FOR THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF FRAUD

• Main Authors: MIHAELA-ADINA APOSTOLACHE, MIHAI-CRISTIAN APOSTOLACHE
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academica Brâncuşi 2013-04-01
• Series: Analele Universităţii Constantin Brâncuşi din Târgu Jiu : Seria Economie
• Subjects: frauds; financial interests; internal investigations; external investigations
• Online Access: http://www.utgjiu.ro/revista/ec/pdf/2013-02/12_Apostolache%20Mihaela,%20Apostolache%20mihai.pdf

In this paper it is presented OLAF as a Community institution competent to conduct investigations in the field of financial activity and to track specific measures, which shall be completed with the attributions of the national judicial authorities.Thus the Office exerts it’s function of Community investigation, both on an internal level, but also external, conserving the distribution and current balance of the responsibilities between the national and the Community level. Having fulfilled it’s mission more efficiently, OLAF contributes to the efforts done by the EU institutions to guarantee an optimal utilization of the contributors’ money.