The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) signed a working arrangement today with the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office of Montenegro (SSPO).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb has launched an investigation against two Croatian nationals for unlawful favouritism and incitement to unlawful favouritism. Both suspects were arrested yesterday, at the EPPO’s request.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb is conducting urgent evidence-collecting activities, in cooperation with the Zagreb Police Department.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Turin is leading an investigation into a public official of the forestry department from the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley. The Economic and Financial Police Unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Aosta will put the suspect today under house arrest and around €15 000 will be seized.

Thanks to an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan and carried out by the Nucleo di Polizia Economico-Finanziaria Milano, the Italian Financial Police of Milan (Guardia di Finanza Milano) seized more than €2 million from an Italian company today.  

More than €1.1 millionwas preventively seized last Friday from two Italian companies operating in the medical supplies sector, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).

Today in Sicily (Italy), the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Agri-food of Messina (Reparto Carabinieri per la Tutela Agroalimentare di Messina) seized over €160 000 in movable assets and real estate, in an investigation into agricultural funding fraud carried out by the Palermo office of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) signed a working arrangement today (26 July 2022) with the United States Department of Justice and the United States Department of Homeland Security.

This morning in Sicily, the Carabinieri (Italy’s military police) of Palermo placed three suspects under house arrest as part of an investigation by the Palermo office of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The three suspects – two public officials and one private accountant – were arrested for unlawful inducement to give or promise money.

At the beginning of this month (4 July 2022), Maribor Local Court (Okrajno sodišče v Mariboru) issued a verdict with a punitive order, regarding the first indictment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) case in Slovenia. All three accused – two natural persons and one legal entity – were found guilty of attempted fraud to the detriment of the EU budget.