On 7 and 8 June 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) carried out seizures and arrested three people suspected of involvement in a Europe-wide VAT fraud concerning the sale of second-hand vehicles.

On Wednesday, 31 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Paris (France) arrested the manager of a group of Chinese companies that imports electric bicycles (e-bikes), for customs fraud and money laundering, with estimated damages to the EU budget of €26 million. He was subsequently indicted and remanded in pre-trial detention by a liberty and detention judge of the Paris Judicial Court, on Friday, 2 June 2023.

On 29 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Iași Tribunal Court, in Romania, where a customs official has been indicted for participating in a tax fraud scheme involving imported tobacco.

On 19 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, in Romania, where two individuals and one company were indicted for fraud involving the construction of an agro-tourism guesthouse.

Forty house searches are being carried out today, 16 May 2023, in several locations in Romania and France, as part of an ongoing investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest into suspected fraud involving EU and national funds, amounting to more than €30 million.

Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) indicted five persons and two companies for EU funding fraud worth an estimated €1.7 million.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) is carrying out eight searches today, 4 April 2023, including at the headquarters of the Siret Customs Office and the residences of customs officials, in an investigation into a customs fraud scheme orchestrated to evade the payment of taxes and custom duties on imported tobacco.

Last Thursday (9 March 2023), following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest, three suspects were caught in the act when receiving around €70 000 (RON 350 000) in cash as part of the profit of their supposed fraud. On that same date, 10 house searches were carried out in five counties of Romania, to gather more evidence about the three suspects and their respective companies.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iaşi (Romania) is carrying out an operation against an alleged organised criminal group, suspected of perpetrating a €1.6 million fraud involving EU and national funds designated to promote employment.

On 6 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Iași Court, in Romania, where one company registered in Italy and three individuals were indicted for fraud concerning road modernisation works in the municipality of Ibănești, in the Botoșani county.