Greek PM vows to investigate €290m EU farming subsidy fraud scandal

Kyriakos Mitsotakis sets up taskforce over allegations fake' farmers had been scamming agricultural funds

The Greek prime minister has vowed to get to the bottom of how a scheme of fraudulent EU subsidy claims could have operated undetected in the country for years, as he admitted that the scandal had revealed the state's inadequacy" in dealing with corruption.

Faced with revelations that fake" farmers had been scamming designated agricultural funds to the tune of a reputed 290m (249m), Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Monday a special taskforce would be set up to immediately and exhaustively" investigate the illegal payments.