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Investigation Nebula: EPPO uncovers multimillion VAT fraud in Croatia and Italy with links to Italian organised criminal group
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) and Zagreb (Croatia) jointly carried out arrests and searches in both Croatia and Italy, in an investigation targeting a large-scale VAT fraud scheme related to an organised criminal group trading in electronic goods and hygiene...
France: EPPO seizes €2.4 million from company importing shoes from China on suspicion of customs fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), the competent judge of the Paris Criminal Court ordered a seizure of over €1.9 million relating to two real estate properties, and a freezing order of nearly €550 000 on bank accounts. Both belong to a French trading...
France: Five arrested in probe into VAT fraud involving luxury cars
Five suspects have been arrested in northern France, in an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) into a criminal organisation suspected of operating a VAT fraud scheme involving the import of hundreds of luxury vehicles.
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