Yesterday, 17 October, the State Police of the Republic of Latvia carried out searches and detained four suspects in the Zemgale region, in an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga into a €1 million fraud involving agricultural funds.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) filed an indictment at the Specialised Criminal Court against one individual and one company, for fraud involving projects for the cultivation of vineyards and orchards.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Tallinn (Estonia) has filed an indictment in the Harju County Court against five individuals and five companies, for fraud involving a project to develop IT systems, co-funded by the EU.

Yesterday, 10 October, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) initiated an investigation against two Croatian citizens, suspected of giving and receiving bribes for trading in influence.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to dismiss the proceedings in a case of suspected fictitious employment of a European Parliamentary Assistant, concerning former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Mr Jacques Colombier and his former assistant, Ms Edwige Diaz.

A consultant working for the EU institutions has been found guilty of attempted fraud, in the first verdict in a Belgian court of a case investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Brussels.

Yesterday, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Dutch Fiscal Information and Investigation Service (FIOD) conducted two searches in the Netherlands, in an investigation into VAT fraud involving car sales.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) has submitted three plea agreements to the Bucharest Tribunal, in a case involving fraudulent use of EU funds by a company specialised in the painting of religious icons.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (Direzione Investigativa Antimafia) has seized assets of a farmer suspected of agricultural funding fraud and ties to organised crime.

Following yesterday’s arrests and the questioning of the suspects, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has launched an investigation against four persons and one company for subsidy fraud and money laundering.