Séamus Boland instructed security agents to collect fingerprints and trawl video surveillance to identify ‘perpetrator’ behind corruption allegations
When anonymous letters alleging corruption began appearing at a little-known EU advisory body, its first response was to launch a full-blown hunt for the whistleblower.
The European Economic and Social Committee in Brussels, which has an annual budget of €165 million, has been rocked by allegations that the body’s secretary-general, Isabelle Le Galo Flores, unduly handed out public contracts to her friends and associates.
The first reaction at the top of the EU organisation was to attempt to catch the source of the claims so that the anonymous accuser could face disciplinary action, a secret note reveals.
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