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"One of the many disadvantages of economies of scale is the growing scope for profiteers often to go about their business unhindered for a long time. In large, poorly organised organisations, there is a great deal of scope for people who, behind a wall of bureaucracy, want to line their own pockets. The European Union is one such large-scale, poorly organised organisation, which offers unexpected opportunities to officials, politicians and companies who earn a living from European contracts. In 1998 and 1999, Mr Paul van Buitenen, who was at the time a Commission official, demonstrated potential consequences, with the resignation of the entire European Commission as the eventual result. At the moment, Mrs Marta Andreasen, the new whistle-blower, is demonstrating that the financial administration is inadequate when it comes to preventing fraud of any kind. Unfortunately, her efforts to make improvements are not appreciated by everyone, and she has been muscled out of her job. It appears that there are people who do not stand to gain from improvement. The Committee on Budgetary Control has established that in 2001, fraud was perpetrated to the tune of EUR 1.25 billion. The rapporteur is right to refer to the possibility that has been in place for ten years to exclude from contracts companies that commit fraud, to the fraud-sensitivity of funds and to the desirability of a European public prosecutor. Yet, all the proposed measures combined probably have less impact than decentralisation and scaling down."@en1
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