"Why did it take so many years?" Because there wasn't enough money being missed for the EU to take care of it. The EU was well aware and didn't decide to move

"Why did it take so many years?" Because there wasn't enough money being missed for the EU to take care of it. The EU was well aware and didn't decide to move until it was enough money to care about. It should have been clipped from day one if it was against the rules.