Eurotrafo to take fraud case to international courts

Dutch company Eurotrafo wants to sue the Republic of Poland after the Warsaw prosecutor's office failed to launch an investigation into fraud allegations made by Eurotrafo against its former plenipotentiary. For two months after Eurotrafo notified prosecutors of the accusations and presented evidence, the case had been sent from one prosecutor's office to another with no effect. The company claims that it has incurred losses of around euro5 million as a result of neglect, and is threatening to file lawsuits against Poland with international tribunals in Strasbourg, Brussels or the Hague. "It is better for me to take on three small, simple cases where I can win, than a big commercial case, which requires a lot of time and is very difficult to bring to trial," a Warsaw prosecutor said off the record. (Puls Biznesu, p. 9) T.J.