FILE PHOTO: Laura Codruta Kovesi, Romania's former chief anti-corruption prosecutor, arrives to attend a hearing at the Section for the Investigation of Criminal Offences in the judiciary in Bucharest, Romania, February 15, 2019. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Romania's anti-corruption chief Laura Codruta Kovesi will become the European Union's first fraud prosecutor after EU countries changed tack and backed her, despite opposition from Bucharest.
A majority of EU ambassadors voted for her after holding an informal secret ballot, said Marko Ruonala, spokesman for Finland, which currently holds the EU presidency.
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