Europe’s most important corruption hunter warns of an infiltration of democratic institutions. In the interview, Laura Kövesi talks about the power of criminal organizations, the lack of resources to fight them and their enemies in Romania.
As head of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, Romanian Laura Kövesi is something like Europe’s top corruption hunter. She investigates subsidy fraudsters who steal EU funds, uncovers VAT carousels and puts corrupt politicians in prison. This Friday, the powerful EU authority (EUPO for short) will publish its third annual report. The numbers are alarming – and yet only the tip of an iceberg that is getting bigger and bigger.