Last week (23 November), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) led an operation in which Czech police (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu služby kriminální policie a vyšetřování) seized €16 400 and conducted several house searches and searches of other premises, on suspicion of corrupt practices and manipulation of public contracts at the Regional Museum in Olomouc (Czechia).

Today, the Palermo Office of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) led an operation against a criminal group suspected of smuggling tobacco products of foreign manufacture. The Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza - Comando Provinciale Palermo) arrested 12 suspects and seized 1 speedboat, 7 vehicles, and €16 000 in cash.

Last week (25 November), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Munich office conducted 10 searches in Germany, Austria and Slovakia in a case of aggravated customs fraud.