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Fri 07 Jul 2008EC freezes Bulgaria aid over 'high-level' corruption
The European Commission will issue a withering indictment next week of high-level corruption, maladministration and failures in the handling of European Union funds in new member state Bulgaria, according to a draft of the report.
The report on the management of EU funds in the most recent and poorest newcomer, seen by Reuters today, said: "High level corruption and organised crime exacerbates these problems of general weakness in administrative and judicial capacity."
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