EUROPE: FRAUD PLAN SNUBS UK GOVERNMENT

Article Abstract:

The proposal to create a public prosecutor to tackle fraud across the European Union is expected to be rigorously opposed by the UK government and eurosceptics. The plan, outlined by European Commission President Romano Prodi, would ensure cases of cross-border fraud are brought before national courts and grant the EC sweeping powers to establish European criminal jurisdiction. The initiative has already won the support of the European Parliament.

Government regulation, United Kingdom

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EUROPE: HIGH LEVELS OF FRAUD AND SMUGGLING

Article Abstract:

Smuggling, incompetence and fraud cost the European Union around GB[pound] 1bn in 1999 and the number of cases detected iS on the up, as operations get bigger and there is more money involved. Britain and Germany only recoups 23% of missing money, whereas Spain records a 51% recovery rate, and Denmark 90%.

Use of services, Economic aspects, Finance, Investigations, Abstract, Fraud, European Union, Smuggling

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Time to make engineering trendy

Article Abstract:

A number of initiatives have been launched in the UK to try to encourage young people to consider engineering as a career. Engineering educators are trying to emphasize that their subject has a much broader range of applications than most people realize.

Study and teaching

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