Seven people were convicted this week over a €1.13 million fraud involving French energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France).

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Carabinieri Command for Forestry (Carabinieri Forestali) of Frosinone and the Carabinieri Ecological Operational Units (N.O.E.) of Rome and Latina carried out searches and seizures in Cassino, in an investigation into EU subsidy fraud involving a municipal park.

Underlining the fundamental principles of sincere cooperation and institutional balance, which require each EU institution to act strictly within the limits of the powers conferred on it by the Treaties, the General Court of the European Union today annulled the decision of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) refusing the EPPO’s request, under Article 19 of the Staff Regulations, to authorise the disclosure by staff members of information acquired in the performance of the

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy) is leading an investigation into a suspected €1 million fraud involving funding from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), intended to support the digitalisation and internationalisation of Italian businesses through e-commerce platforms.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), last week the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) conducted searches and seized assets at the residence of five suspects in Naples, Caserta and the surrounding province, as part of an investigation into possible subsidy fraud involving RRF funds for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME).

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Bologna, Turin and Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Prato has seized additional assets worth over €6 million, as part of an investigation into a suspected VAT carousel fraud involving luxury vehicles.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), assets were seized today in Sicily as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving EU funds aimed at promoting veterinary public health.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment at the Sofia City Court against the representative of a Bulgarian company for suspected fraud involving EU and national funds under two projects financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), officers from the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau  (Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne) have detained two more suspects, as part of an investigation into suspected procurement fraud and corruption linked to the modernisation of tram infrastructure, funded by the EU. The suspects, both senior public officials, were charged with corruption.

Yesterday, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recitals 9, 16 and 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the budget of the European Union (Conditionality Regulation), as well as Article 14 of the Agreement establishing the Modalities of Cooperation between the European Commission and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), pointing at the recent legislative cha