Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) filed an indictment at the Bucharest Tribunal against three Romanian citizens, a former mayor and his two sons, for fraud involving medical services, financed by the EU. 

A coordinated sting by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna and Milan (Italy) today dismantled a criminal gang, alleged to have evaded the payment of €113 million in VAT, while using a Chinese underground banking network for money laundering.

Two individuals and one company were charged today with a €3.9 million subsidy fraud, following an investigation into a project for an innovative line to produce new types of toast bread, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague (Czechia).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against nine Croatian citizens and one legal entity on suspicion of defrauding over €9 million in EU subsidies and forging official documents. The Međimurje County Police Administration has arrested all nine suspects today, at the request of the EPPO. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) have carried out several house searches, arrests and seizures in the Lazio and Campania regions, in a probe into an alleged criminal association suspected of corruption for the award of projects funded by the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Italy. 

The Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Benevento (Italy) has placed three individuals under house arrest following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples into fraud involving a plant for the production of pellets. 

Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) charged three individuals with fraud, following an investigation into projects for the modernisation of irrigation systems, supported by the EU. The suspects, who are accused of unduly receiving an advance of €1.2 million, were informed of the charges and of their rights and obligations.

The Specialised Criminal Court of Slovakia has convicted one individual and one company following an indictment filed last year by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava. The investigation concerned fraud involving projects for the cultivation of vineyards and orchards in the eastern part of Slovakia, in the area known as Tokaj.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Luxembourg City has taken over from the Luxembourg State Prosecutor an investigation against a political party on suspicion of procurement fraud, document forgery and money laundering.

Following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), two individuals were convicted  by the Regional Court of Vilnius of illegally acquiring €130 000 through forgery of documents, fraudulent management of financial records, as well as bribery of a public official.