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Laura Codruţa Kövesi – EU Chief Prosecutor

Stephen Sackur speaks to Romanian Laura Codruţa Kövesi, 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 antifraud and corruption agencies have long lacked the teeth to root out the problem. Could that be about to change? HARDtalk's Stephen Sackur speaks to Romanian Laura Codruţa Kövesi, 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?

24 minutes

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Presenter Stephen Sackur
Interviewed Guest Laura Codruta Kovesi

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