At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Italian State Police (Polizia di Stato) have carried out several house searches, arrests and seizures in the Lazio and Campania regions, in a probe into an alleged criminal association suspected of corruption for the award of projects funded by the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Italy. 

The Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Benevento (Italy) has placed three individuals under house arrest following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples into fraud involving a plant for the production of pellets. 

Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) charged three individuals with fraud, following an investigation into projects for the modernisation of irrigation systems, supported by the EU. The suspects, who are accused of unduly receiving an advance of €1.2 million, were informed of the charges and of their rights and obligations.

The Specialised Criminal Court of Slovakia has convicted one individual and one company following an indictment filed last year by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava. The investigation concerned fraud involving projects for the cultivation of vineyards and orchards in the eastern part of Slovakia, in the area known as Tokaj.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Luxembourg City has taken over from the Luxembourg State Prosecutor an investigation against a political party on suspicion of procurement fraud, document forgery and money laundering.

Following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), two individuals were convicted  by the Regional Court of Vilnius of illegally acquiring €130 000 through forgery of documents, fraudulent management of financial records, as well as bribery of a public official. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan and Rome (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Latina issued a freezing order of €28.8 million, in an investigation into a €40 million VAT fraud involving airpods.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against four individuals, including three public officials,  and one company. The public officials are accused of using their positions to award a contract related to the construction of a waste-sorting plant in Mihačeva Draga to a company with inflated prices.

 At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Trapani executed a freezing order of €9 million today, in the context of an investigation into fraud involving EU funds, money laundering, and self-laundering. 

On Tuesday, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) filed an indictment in the Sofia City Court against three individuals, accused of fraud related to a project involving plastic products, co-funded by the EU.