In a joint effort with the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Orbetello (Italy), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna has uncovered evidence of a deceptive scheme carried out by an agri-businessman to illicitly secure approximately €230 000 in EU funds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy) is leading an investigation into a vast VAT fraud scheme, with estimated damage of at least €53 million. One person has been arrested and more than 10 are under investigation, with several searches executed in Italy (Milan, Novara, Genoa, Rome and Palermo) and in Switzerland.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and Tracfin, France’s financial intelligence unit (FIU), signed a Working Arrangement, establishing a structured framework for their cooperation.

On Friday (20 October 2023), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal, where three people and two companies were indicted for EU funding fraud worth an estimated €1.7 million.

Yesterday, 17 October, the State Police of the Republic of Latvia carried out searches and detained four suspects in the Zemgale region, in an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga into a €1 million fraud involving agricultural funds.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) filed an indictment at the Specialised Criminal Court against one individual and one company, for fraud involving projects for the cultivation of vineyards and orchards.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Tallinn (Estonia) has filed an indictment in the Harju County Court against five individuals and five companies, for fraud involving a project to develop IT systems, co-funded by the EU.

Yesterday, 10 October, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) initiated an investigation against two Croatian citizens, suspected of giving and receiving bribes for trading in influence.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to dismiss the proceedings in a case of suspected fictitious employment of a European Parliamentary Assistant, concerning former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Mr Jacques Colombier and his former assistant, Ms Edwige Diaz.

A consultant working for the EU institutions has been found guilty of attempted fraud, in the first verdict in a Belgian court of a case investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Brussels.