At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Venice arrested last week an Italian businessman residing in Dubai, suspected of laundering and reinvesting proceeds stemming from a large-scale VAT carousel fraud scheme.

Today, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the EPPO Regulation and the Polish national law, the European Chief Prosecutor requested to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) the lifting of immunity of one active Member of Parliament for suspected trading in influence in an investigation of European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice, linked to the EU funded modernisation of tram infrastructure in the Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague (Czechia), the Czech Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (NCOZ) detained 12 persons and carried out 42 searches in the regions of Prague, Central Bohemia and South Moravia.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), more than 20 house searches were carried out yesterday in the federal states of Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), as well as in Poland, in a probe into suspected money laundering and participation in organised crime.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured the conviction of four individuals in a case of attempted subsidy fraud, preventing the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million in EU funds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is leading an investigation into suspected corruption and procurement fraud related to the acquisition of medical equipment, with searches carried out in Bucharest, Brașov and Mureș last week.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) has filed an indictment at Cluj Court against four individuals for suspected fraud involving funds for young farmers, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).

Fraudulent messages impersonating EPPO staff members have been circulating online. These scams misuse the logo and the contact details of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), as well as those of other EU organisations.

The Riga City Court (Latvia) has ordered the confiscation of a luxury vehicle and a real estate property located in the centre of the Latvian capital, as well as €230 000 in bank accounts, as part of an ongoing investigation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga into suspected procurement fraud at Daugavpils University.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), evidence-gathering searches were carried out today in national and provincial public institutions across Poland, as part of an investigation into possible illegal activities affecting the Clean Air programme.