European citizen sentenced for EU aid fraud in Paraguay

On 1 September, 2009, the Supreme Court of Paraguay confirmed in the last instance the condemnation of a Spanish national and his Paraguayan accomplice for defalcation of EU aid funds.

The judgement is related to an European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) investigation into irregularities in an EU-funded project for drinking water supplies in rural communities in Paraguay.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Relations between Paraguay and the EU http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-paraguay-and-the-eu/

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