At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Palermo carried out searches and seized a clandestine cigarette factory, several storage facilities, and 25 tonnes of cigarettes and shredded tobacco.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has dismantled an organised crime group involving public officials suspected of wrongdoing in public procurement procedures for the acquisition of IT systems by state institutions. Twenty suspects were detained yesterday, including public officials.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany), multiple searches were conducted today in five different federal states of Germany, in a probe into suspected customs fraud and tax evasion involving the imports of aluminium from China into the EU.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples and Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Naples and Caserta executed a seizure order targeting assets worth more than €32 million in an investigation into a large-scale VAT carousel fraud in the IT sector.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against two individuals and one educational institution   suspected of subsidy fraud and document forgery. The two suspects were arrested yesterday at the EPPO’s request, following investigative measures conducted in cooperation with the Osijek-Baranja Police Department.

Today, the European Parliament approved the appointment of Andrés Ritter as the next European Chief Prosecutor, following the Council of the EU’s agreement yesterday. His mandate will start on 1 November 2026.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) has secured the conviction of two individuals and one company in a case involving the fraudulent import of a yacht from the US. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Biella seized assets worth €1.98 million in an investigation into suspected fraud involving funds from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Italy.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin and Cologne (Germany) and Prague (Czechia) are leading an EU-wide strike against a suspected criminal organisation, believed to have orchestrated cross-border VAT fraud schemes with an estimated tax damage of over €103 million through the sale of luxury cars.

At the end of 2025, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) was investigating 3 602 cases (an increase of 35% since 2024), with an overall estimated damage of €67.27 billion to the EU and national budgets, almost tripling the number from the previous year (€24.8 billion).