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).

Twenty individuals have been convicted to more than 70 years of imprisonment for organising and participating in a criminal association and money laundering, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan and Palermo (Italy). These are the first verdicts in investigation “Moby Dick”, involving a criminal syndicate suspected of a VAT fraud scheme of more than half a billion euros.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba - FNTT) carried out searches this week in the offices of major companies involved in the trade of electronics and household appliances.

Today, the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) found the Bulgarian European Prosecutor guilty of serious misconduct, as detailed in the opinion of the Disciplinary Board, composed of high-ranking officials, or former officials, of the European institutions.