The latest Annual Report of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) shows a continuous rise in the EPPO’s activity. In the coming years, it will continue to increase, as detection and reporting of EU fraud will continue to improve, and its Polish and Swedish offices become operational. This year’s numbers demonstrate that the EPPO has become central to any serious reflection on the future of the so-called EU anti-fraud architecture. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment against two individuals suspected of defrauding the European Social Fund (ESF) and national co-financing, for a total amount of €66 750. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (Netherlands) is leading an investigation into suspected large-scale customs fraud and money laundering related to the import of e-bikes from China.

In a probe led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in České Budějovice (Czechia), law enforcement officers have arrested 22 individuals and carried out 46 searches today. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) is leading an investigation into suspected corruption involving EU funds, following the arrest of a secondary school director caught in the act of receiving a bribe.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (Netherlands) has arrested two suspects for their role in a customs fraud scheme involving biodiesel imports, with an estimated damage of over €60 million.  They allegedly imported biodiesel of US origin into the EU while falsely declaring its origin.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed indictments against five individuals suspected of defrauding the EU budget for over €6 million in a large-scale scheme involving construction machinery.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) brought charges against four individuals and two companies for aggravated subsidy fraud and forgery of private documents in an investigation into a €1.73 million fraud involving projects for irrigation systems, entirely funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment at the Sofia District Court against the manager and owner of a company, suspected of fraud in a public procurement procedure to acquire trolleybuses for the municipality of Vratsa, a project worth €4.5 million (BGN 8.838.308). 

A suspected ringleader of a €100 million subsidy fraud was arrested last week, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) into a criminal organisation believed to have mafia ties. According to the investigation, the suspect, an Italian citizen, operated a criminal group dedicated to systematic fraud involving EU funding.