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Romania: EPPO indicts five individuals and three companies for €850 000 fraud involving irrigation systems
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) has filed an indictment against five individuals, including a public official, and three companies for fraud involving a €850 000 project for modernising irrigation systems, funded by the EU.
Italy: EPPO seizes clandestine cigarette factory and 46 tonnes of tobacco and cigarettes
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy) has dealt a blow to the illicit manufacture of smuggled tobacco products.
France: €113 000 seized in investigation into suspected fraud involving EU research and innovation funds
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), the competent judge of the Paris Criminal Court has ordered the seizure of €113 000, in an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud affecting the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
EPPO explained
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International cooperation
To investigate transnational and complex financial crimes, notably serious organised crimes and money laundering flows, we work closely with the authorities of non-participating EU Member States and the authorities of non-EU states. Here you will find the full list of working arrangements signed so far, as well as the list of specialised networks and international organisations to which we are a member or observer.