The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against two suspects, including a public official, for subsidy fraud and abuse of office and authority, following an investigation into projects for building a winery and planting a vineyard, co-funded by the EU.

Today, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recitals 9, 16 and 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the budget of the European Union (Conditionality Regulation), pointing at recent legislative amendments proposed by the Slovak government concerning the Criminal Procedure Code, the Criminal Code, the Act on the Public Prosecutor's Office and th

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) filed an indictment at Zagreb’s County Court against one Croatian citizen, for subsidy fraud and forgery of documents.

According to the evidence, the accused submitted, between 2018 and 2021, two requests in the name of a family farm to obtain grants from Croatia’s Rural Development Programme.

This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia) submitted a plea agreement to the branch of the Regional Court of Ostrava in Olomouc, in a subsidy fraud case with damage of over €1.8 million (CZK 45.8 million).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) brought charges yesterday against 23 suspects – including 18 public officials – for crimes relating to the execution of contracts for restoring remote traffic control and signalling systems on the Greek rail network, co-funded by the EU. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has officially initiated an investigation against two persons – a former minister and a former employee of Croatia’s Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU) – for abuse of office and authority.

On Monday (4 December), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Luxembourg City and Frankfurt am Main led searches in Luxembourg and Germany, in an action targeting a criminal group suspected of a VAT fraud. In addition, 17 bank accounts, cash, gold and cryptocurrencies have been seized.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (Direzione Investigativa Antimafia) of Catania has seized the farmhouse of a suspect under investigation for agricultural funding fraud and ties to organised crime.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal) filed an indictment today against 12 suspects and 15 companies, following an investigation into a massive intra-community VAT fraud scheme extending to over 30 countries, code-named Admiral.  This is the first indictment issued under investigation Admiral.

Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo and Rome (Italy), coercive measures were decreed today against three aquaculture producers, suspected of committing fraud involving EU maritime and fisheries funds, with an estimated damage of €4.5 million.