OLAF's role in the fight against fraud in the European Union: Do too many cooks spoil the broth?

Crime, Law and Social Change

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Quirke, Brendan ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 75549086912     PISSN: 09254994     EISSN: 15730751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10611-009-9214-0     Document Type: Article

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