Defence minister Trine Team (S) cancels trip Monday and Tuesday to Greenland in order to get clarity in information about
Defence minister Trine Team (S) postpones his travel to Greenland as a result of the ongoing case of lack of control and fraud in the defense department Ejendomsstyrelse.
It will write to the ministry of Defence in a press release.
the department of defense Ejendomsstyrelse got Friday harsh criticism from the public accounts committee and The auditor general, and therefore cancels the minister his planned visit on Monday and Tuesday in Greenland to get clarity in the matter.
– There is fixed a very serious criticism against the department of defense Ejendomsstyrelse.
– It is a case, which I take deeply seriously – and as I urgently want to get to the bottom of and clean up after. The same applies to the ministry’s handling of the case, says Trine Team.
She should have visited Danish soldiers and met with the greenlandic politicians in Greenland. The trip is expected to be implemented in the new year instead.
the department of defense Ejendomsstyrelse service authorities under the ministry of Defence to deliver and develop the physical environment.
the Agency is caught in a case of two employees possible millionsvindel in connection with the purchase, which came to public knowledge on Thursday.
One whistleblower has been going back and have told about, how he tried to shout his own business and the system up, when he fell over the irregularities.
In a report, the national audit Office found errors in 54 out of the 64 examined the procurement.
As the example used the department of defense Ejendomsstyrelse 291 million in december 2018, which is over half of the budget for the entire year.
the department of defense Ejendomsstyrelse used in 2018 approximately 590 million to implement the vedligeholdelsesprojekter on the defense department’s buildings and construction in Denmark.
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