On 6 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Iași Court, in Romania, where one company registered in Italy and three individuals were indicted for fraud concerning road modernisation works in the municipality of Ibănești, in the Botoșani county.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment against the mayor of Brăhășești, a rural municipality in the Galați county, in Romania, at the Iași County Court, on 7 December, for attempted subsidy fraud and forgery of official documents.

Yesterday, within the framework of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia), Czech police (Regional Directorate of the Olomouc region) delivered a resolution to commence the prosecution of one individual and one company. They are accused of subsidy fraud and damages to the financial interests of the European Union (EU), estimated at over €1.8 million (CZK 45.8 million).

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb sent an indictment against four persons and two legal entities: former Croatian Minister for Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU); the former director of Croatia’s Central Finance and Contracting Agency (SAFU); and two business owners, along with their respective businesses.

On 19 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Romania referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, where 23 people have been indicted for participating in a criminal organisation operating in Romania and Austria to fraudulently obtain more than €5 million in EU and national funds.

On 19 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Romania referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, where five individuals and four companies have been indicted for participating in a criminal organisation to fraudulently obtain more than €3 million in EU funds for the development of the Danube Delta.

Today, the pre-trial judge at the Tribunal of Palermo issued 10 convictions concerning a tobacco smuggling investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo. This is the first verdict in an EPPO case in Italy in abbreviated proceedings.

On Friday, 16 December, a German court convicted one of ten suspects for organising a VAT carousel fraud involving luxury cars. This scheme was investigated in 2021 by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Germany, and is estimated to have caused losses of at least €13 million.

The French customs authorities, under the direction of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), conducted several searches in France on 15 November 2022, in an ongoing investigation into a suspected organised criminal group alleged to have imported fashion items from a non-EU country, substantially undervaluing the fair value of the goods in order to evade customs duties and VAT.

Following an operation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) on December 7, five individuals have been indicted of tax fraud and money laundering, for participation in a suspected VAT fraud scheme concerning fuels imported from Spain and sold in Portugal, with estimated damages of more than €26 million.