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EPPO in Italy: House arrest and seizures in 17 million VAT fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza, Nucleo di Polizia Economico-Finanziaria di Bolzano) carried out searches and preventive seizures in Rome and Brescia, in an investigation into a €17 million VAT fraud...
Investigation Calypso: More than 2 400 shipping containers seized at port of Piraeus
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) has brought charges against six individuals, including two customs officers, for their alleged involvement in criminal networks flooding the EU market with goods fraudulently imported from China, while evading custom duties and VAT...
Latvia: Conviction in EPPO probe into agricultural funding fraud
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has secured a final conviction at the Zemgale District Court against an economic operator and a company from Zemgale, found guilty of large-scale fraud in relation to projects funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural...
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