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HARDtalk: Laura Codruta Kovesi - EU Chief Prosecutor

Laura Codruta Kovesi - EU Chief Prosecutor

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Laura Codruta Kovesi - EU Chief Prosecutor

Stephen Sackur speaks to Romanian Laura Codruta Kovesi, the EU's first public prosecutor.

Stephen Sackur speaks to Romanian Laura Codruta Kovesi, the EU's first public prosecutor. Can the EU successfully tackle transnational crime?

The EU is thought to have lost more than €10 billion to fraud over the last two decades and yet its anti-fraud and anti-corruption agencies have long lacked the teeth to root out the problem. Could that be about to change? 

Stephen Sackur speaks to Romanian Laura Codruta Kovesi, the EU's first public prosecutor. She has enhanced powers to tackle transnational crime. But if member states refuse to play ball, how can she succeed?

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