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France: Member of organised crime convicted for fraudulently claiming CAP subsidies while in detention
An individual with ties to Corsican organised crime was convicted yesterday of aggravated subsidy fraud involving payments under the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France). The defendant had claimed those payments while he was in detention, in connection with other criminal proceedings relating to organised crime.

Czechia: EPPO conducts searches in probe into employment training subsidy fraud
On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrava (Czechia), national law enforcement authorities carried out searches on 10 and 11 June 2026, as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving funds intended for employee training, financed by the EU under the National Recovery Plan.

Czechia: Ten suspects plead guilty to fraud involving road cleaning and marketing services
Ten suspects have pleaded guilty to public procurement fraud, in an investigation into suspected corruption in the award of public contracts for road cleaning and marketing services, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia).

France: Seven convicted of €1.13 million fraud involving energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’
Seven people were convicted this week over a €1.13 million fraud involving French energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France).

Italy: Searches and seizures in EPPO investigation into suspected subsidy fraud involving municipal park project
On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Carabinieri Command for Forestry (Carabinieri Forestali) of Frosinone and the Carabinieri Ecological Operational Units (N.O.E.) of Rome and Latina carried out searches and seizures in Cassino, in an investigation into EU subsidy fraud involving a municipal park.

Court of Justice of the EU annuls European Court of Auditors’ refusal to authorise staff testimony in EPPO investigation
Underlining the fundamental principles of sincere cooperation and institutional balance, which require each EU institution to act strictly within the limits of the powers conferred on it by the Treaties, the General Court of the European Union today annulled the decision of the European Court of Auditors (ECA) refusing the EPPO’s request, under Article 19 of the Staff Regulations, to authorise the disclosure by staff members of information acquired in the performance of the

Italy: EPPO investigates €1 million fraud involving RRF funds for e-commerce projects
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy) is leading an investigation into a suspected €1 million fraud involving funding from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), intended to support the digitalisation and internationalisation of Italian businesses through e-commerce platforms.

Italy: EPPO seizes assets in investigation into subsidy fraud involving RRF funds for SMEs
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), last week the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) conducted searches and seized assets at the residence of five suspects in Naples, Caserta and the surrounding province, as part of an investigation into possible subsidy fraud involving RRF funds for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME).

Investigation Metallo: EPPO seizes additional assets in investigation into €42.8 million VAT fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Bologna, Turin and Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Prato has seized additional assets worth over €6 million, as part of an investigation into a suspected VAT carousel fraud involving luxury vehicles.

Italy: EPPO probes possible fraud involving EU funds for veterinary public health
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), assets were seized today in Sicily as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving EU funds aimed at promoting veterinary public health.