EUROPEAN COMMISSION: ANTI-FRAUD UNIT TO LAUNCH NEW PROBES.

The four inquiries which OLAF will carry out concern:- an external investigation into the use of Europeean Social Fund money in a Member State- three internal investigations relating to UCLAF, the body which preceded OLAF; to the Centre Internationale de Formation Europ?enne ; and nuclear inspectors from DG TransportThe Commission also said that it would examine other evidence supplied by Mr van Buitenen in relation to four other issues before deciding on the appropriate course of action. Information he supplied was also of "potential relevance to 31 on-going investigations" and would be transferred to the appropriate files, the Commission said.Mr van Buitenen, a former Grade B Commission official, presented his document, which contains over 270 separate allegations...