At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Giulianova (Teramo) have executed a freezing order amounting to €114 000 against one company, active in the non-specialised wholesale trade of food and tobacco. It is suspected of fraud involving funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain) is seeking a sentence of more than eight years of imprisonment and fines of over €25 million in an indictment filed last week (17 September) against two companies and their five directors. They are suspected of evading the payment of anti-dumping duties on five import operations of steel sheets from China, in 2017 and 2018.

Eleven persons remain in pre-trial detention as of today, following dozens of searches conducted on 5 September as part of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece). The investigation targets a criminal organisation suspected of being involved in a €30 million VAT fraud and money-laundering scheme.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) carried out searches yesterday in several locations, including social enterprises and private homes, in the region of Stuttgart. At issue are several projects intended to support the unemployed, co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) expands its investigation into a former assistant of a Lithuanian Member of the European Parliament (MEP) to the MEP himself. The former MEP is now officially suspected of abuse of office, falsification and use of false documents, illegal acquisition, possession and use of an electronic document, as well as the acquisition of high value foreign assets.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) secured the seizure of assets in an investigation into a €2.6 million project involving works to the water supply network of a municipality in Bulgaria, funded by the EU. Under investigation are public officials and a mayor, suspected of defrauding the EU budget.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara and Bucharest (Romania) has accused four individuals and one company of subsidy fraud, involving a project funded by the Regional Operational Programme 2014–2020, with over €2.8 million of non-reimbursable funding from the EU and national sources.

Three suspected ringleaders of an international criminal group were indicted yesterday at the Regional Court of Dusseldorf (Germany) for a €93 million VAT fraud, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg, code-named Goliath. The three were charged with criminal association and VAT fraud on a large scale. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) filed an indictment today against an entrepreneur, accused of using false documentation to obtain EU funds for the construction of a farm for laying hens.  

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) has brought charges against four suspects, believed to be part of a criminal ring with ties to Italian mafia groups, for a €4.3 million subsidy fraud involving EU and national funds.