In the context of an international large-scale investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), dozens of searches and seizures took place, and 22 arrests were made today in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia, in a probe into an alleged criminal organisation suspected of defrauding €600 million from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Italy.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has proposed to the Sofia District Court an administrative penalty for a farmer suspected of agricultural subsidy fraud and document forgery.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Sant'Agata di Militello have executed a seizure order against a baker suspected of agricultural funding fraud, with an estimated damage of €320 000.

Today, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), searches are taking place in six companies and four private houses in two Bulgarian districts. The searches are intended to gather evidence in a suspected case of embezzlement, misuse of EU funds and money laundering linked to the construction of the Zheleznitsa tunnel, the longest road tunnel in Bulgaria that was recently opened for traffic.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) in cooperation with the Financial Crime Investigation Service (Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba - FNTT) is conducting a pre-trial investigation into a suspected fraud involving a former assistant of a Lithuanian Member of the European Parliament. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a freezing order of over €470 000, issued by the judge for preliminary investigations of the Court of Agrigento, was executed today against four farmers suspected of fraud involving EU agricultural funding, forgery of documents and money laundering. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against four individuals and a company for subsidy fraud and document forgery, in relation to support for small and medium-sized enterprises. Three of the four suspects were arrested yesterday (27 March 2024) at the EPPO’s request, following investigation activities conducted in cooperation with the Međimurje County Police Administration.  

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), is leading searches in two hotels in a Bulgarian ski resort in an investigation into Covid-19 subsidy fraud. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) filed an indictment against one suspect for subsidy fraud, following an investigation into projects for cultivating agricultural products, fully funded by the EU.

(Luxembourg, 27 March 2024) – Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is leading 12 searches in an investigation against officials of the  Administration of the Galați Lower Danube River Administration (Administratia Fluvială a Dunării de Jos Galati – AFDJ) and the Romanian Naval Authority (Autoritatea Navală Română – ANR).