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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations of the Tribunal of Foggia issued a freezing order of over €420 000, in an investigation into fraud involving the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).
In early May, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy) seized money and real estate with a value of €530 000 from an agricultural company in the village of San Pietro Mosezzo (Piedmont region). Three people are under investigation for aggravated fraud and embezzlement to the detriment of the EU budget.
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.
As previously reported, in January this year, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb filed an indictment against six defendants for the illegal trade of cigarettes, tax or customs duty evasion and bribery, committed as part of a criminal organisation.
On Friday, 5 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain) carried out two searches and seized nine bank accounts and other assets, in an investigation into a suspected criminal organisation dedicated to fraud involving European Union agricultural funds.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy) has seized over €700 000 in assets against seven suspects and their companies, in an investigation into fraud involving national and EU agricultural funding aimed at supporting the conversion to organic farming.
We are pleased to announce that the EPPO will participate for the first time in the Europe Day Festival on 9 May, from 12.00 to 18.00, in Place de l'Europe, Luxembourg City.
Yesterday, an explosive device detonated on the way of the convoy of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack against the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Bulgaria.
On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the State Police of Latvia carried out searches today, 26 April 2023, in 10 locations, and arrested eight suspects, in an investigation into a €2.5 million fraud involving agricultural funds.
As previously reported, in March this year, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb filed an indictment against two Croatian citizens for unlawful favouritism and incitement to unlawful favouritism.