The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) has secured another conviction in an investigation into organised VAT fraud involving platinum coins. The convicted is one of the leaders behind a criminal organisation responsible for defrauding over €23 million in taxes.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara (Romania) conducted 307 searches in 15 counties of Romania over the last two months, in an investigation into a suspected €1.32 million EU subsidy fraud involving beekeeping projects.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) led a series of searches in Botoșani county and the commune of Coșula today. The city hall and the homes of the mayor of Coșula and other public officials were searched as part of an investigation into subsidy fraud and document forgery. Properties worth around €400 000 (RON 2 million) were seized. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna, Naples and Rome (Italy) today seized assets worth €20 million, including a tourism resort and over 150 properties, following an investigation code-named ‘Fuel family’ into a criminal gang alleged to have imported fuel to the Italian market while systematically evading VAT.  

In an action led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) and Vilnius (Lithuania), 1 000 police and tax and customs officers carried out 200 searches in ten countries, in a probe into a criminal organisation importing salvage cars from the United States (US) and reselling them after cosmetic repair, while evading custom duties and VAT.

This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bucharest (Romania) submitted an indictment before the Bucharest Tribunal against 12 defendants (six individuals and six companies), following an investigation into a €9.5 million fraud involving IT projects, financed by the EU. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) filed an indictment on Wednesday at the Bucharest Tribunal against a Romanian entrepreneur and his company, for fraud involving the acquisition of construction equipment, funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) conducted four searches on Thursday in the Galați county, in an investigation into a €850 000 fraud involving a project for modernising irrigation systems, funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara (Romania) has indicted nine individuals and two companies for subsidy fraud, forgery and bribery, involving three projects regarding the development of fruit harvesting and processing, with a value of over €1.4 million. A tenth individual confessed and signed a plea bargain. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) brought charges against four individuals and two companies for aggravated subsidy fraud and forgery of private documents in an investigation into a €1.73 million fraud involving projects for irrigation systems, entirely funded by the EU.