A well-timed Freedom of Information request into the European Commission’s internal disciplinary committee has revealed the extent of misconduct cases investigated in the last year. No names are disclosed naturally, but this is the sort of thing that goes on in Brussels:

• Staff rebuked for sexual harassment
• The abuse of diplomatic status to smuggle in duty free for a friend
• Trying to dodge tax by supply of a fake document
• ‘Passive’ corruption
•  Collusion in a rent scam
• A staff member operating as an industry insider and changing reports
• The use of a de facto ‘company car’ from an outside interest
• Employment of family members as a quid pro quo
• Moonlighting
• A person AWOL for most of the year (while running their own business)
• Sleeping off campus

Despite all this, only 16 members of staff received cautions. Surprise, surprise…