The College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) today extended the mandate of Deputy European Chief Prosecutor Andrés Ritter for another three years, following a proposal by European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) is carrying out searches today in Buzău County, as part of an investigation into a company specialised in painting icons, suspected of subsidy fraud and money laundering.

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) seized €570 000, in an investigation into fraud involving the supply of dairy products to primary schools.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) last week detained three people and seized €8,5 million, in an investigation into a suspected criminal organisation that obtained millions in EU funds for medical and IT research.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin, 13 properties, 4 plots of land and €400 000 of money in current accounts were seized in several cities in Italy by the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) from Asti. 

The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the Director of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Semen Kryvonos, signed a working arrangement today on cooperation between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the NABU.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) have executed a seizure order against a farm suspected of agricultural funding fraud, with estimated damages of €530 000.

This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna successfully closed an enormous customs fraud investigation with a confiscation of €4 million and a plea bargain of the main defendant. The Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Prato carried out the confiscation order and discovered the fraudulent trade of textiles from China.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is carrying out urgent evidence collection activities at the Faculty of Geodesy of the University of Zagreb (Croatia), due to suspicions of subsidy fraud and acts of corruption.

The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the Chief Special Prosecutor, Altin Dumani, signed a working arrangement today between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the Special Anti-Corruption and Organised Crime Structure of the Republic of Albania (SPAK). SPAK is a specialised prosecution service independent from the General Prosecutor’s Office of Albania.