Press Release: Investigation in Burundi

The European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) on 22 June 2006 presented its report on the investigation into the implementation of the Burundi Rehabilitation Programme to the highest authorities in Burundi. The report was handed over in the course of a mission by OLAF to Bujumbura that ended on the same day. Following audits, an OLAF external investigation had revealed that fraudulent acts liable to prosecution in the criminal courts in Burundi had been committed in the implementation of the Burundi Rehabilitation Programme (PREBU). OLAF is empowered to undertake investigations into Community resources both in the European Union and elsewhere.