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Investigation Grey Cloud: EPPO dismantles illegal cigarette factory and seizes 25 tonnes of cigarettes and tobacco
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Palermo carried out searches and seized a clandestine cigarette factory, several storage facilities, and 25 tonnes of cigarettes and shredded tobacco.
Latvia: 20 suspects detained over €1.5 million IT procurement fraud
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has dismantled an organised crime group involving public officials suspected of wrongdoing in public procurement procedures for the acquisition of IT systems by state institutions. Twenty suspects were detained yesterday, including...
Investigation Black Forest: EPPO carries out searches on suspicion of customs fraud involving the imports of aluminium from China
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany), multiple searches were conducted today in five different federal states of Germany, in a probe into suspected customs fraud and tax evasion involving the imports of aluminium from China into the EU.
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