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On behalf of the EPPO in Milan (Italy), the Italian Financial Police and the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency seized assets worth over €23.5 million, in an investigation into a VAT fraud scheme scheme involving imported fuel to the Italian market.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany) has carried out searches and asset seizure measures in an investigation into suspected organised subsidy fraud involving funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.
At the request of the EPPO in Bologna, the Judge for Preliminary Investigations in Prato has issued a freezing order for 7.8 million metres of fabric and more than 237 000 garments, as part of an ongoing investigation into a VAT and customs frau involving the smuggling of textile from China.
EPPO explained
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International cooperation
To investigate transnational and complex financial crimes, notably serious organised crimes and money laundering flows, we work closely with the authorities of non-participating EU Member States and the authorities of non-EU states. Here you will find the full list of working arrangements signed so far, as well as the list of specialised networks and international organisations to which we are a member or observer.
