In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara (Romania), the mayor of Buduslău (Bihor county) was placed under judicial control yesterday and charged with passive corruption, as part of an ongoing investigation into the execution of an EU-funded contract for improving agricultural road infrastructure.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office received a report with allegations of fraud linked to a German Member of the European Parliament. Under German constitutional law, prosecutors cannot open a criminal investigation against a sitting parliamentarian without prior authorisation from the relevant parliament. This means that, in cases handled by the EPPO under German law, lifting immunity is always required before any investigation can begin. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) is leading an investigation into suspected procurement and subsidy fraud involving non-repayable EU funding to support small farms and young farmers. Searches were carried out in Dâmbovița County on 13 May 2026 and one suspect was arrested.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt (Germany), eight searches were carried out and one individual was arrested yesterday on suspicion of orchestrating a €18 million VAT carousel fraud through the sale of small electronic goods. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Warsaw (Poland), nine suspects were detained yesterday in an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud and attempted money laundering involving childcare institutions in Gdynia and Gdańsk.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ljubljana (Slovenia) has filed an indictment at the District Court in Maribor against five companies and their representatives for suspected subsidy fraud involving funds from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), intended to improve the working conditions of their employees with disabilities.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against 21 Croatian citizens, including one public official and a former public official, who were arrested yesterday in a probe into possible corruption and subsidy fraud involving subsidies from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF).

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), evidence-gathering activities are being carried out today in several counties, in an investigation into possible corruption and fraud involving EU agricultural funds.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Venice arrested last week an Italian businessman residing in Dubai, suspected of laundering and reinvesting proceeds stemming from a large-scale VAT carousel fraud scheme.

Today, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the EPPO Regulation and the Polish national law, the European Chief Prosecutor requested to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) the lifting of immunity of one active Member of Parliament for suspected trading in influence in an investigation of European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice, linked to the EU funded modernisation of tram infrastructure in the Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis.