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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Italian Carabinieri carried out preventive seizures in an investigation into a fraud scheme affecting EU agricultural funds in Sardinia.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a freezing order on assets was executed yesterday against four livestock farmers, suspected of fraud involving EU agricultural funds intended for grazing activities.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) is investigating possible subsidy fraud by a company with alleged links to Russian and Belarusian military industry, that are subject to EU restrictive measures. Three individuals have been detained this week in connection with this investigation, code-named ‘Precision’. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), officers from the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau have arrested four suspects, including a senior public official, as part of an investigation into suspected procurement fraud and corruption linked to the modernisation of tram infrastructure, funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against two individuals and a company for subsidy fraud, in a case involving funds from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy) has dealt a blow to the illicit manufacture of smuggled tobacco products. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) has filed an indictment against five individuals, including a public official, and three companies for fraud involving a €850 000 project for modernising irrigation systems, funded by the EU.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), the competent judge of the Paris Criminal Court has ordered the seizure of €113 000, in an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud affecting the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against 29 Croatian citizens, including a former deputy minister at the Ministry of Culture and Media, a former dean at the Faculty of Geodesy and an ex-professor, as well as against one company. The charges include misuse of funds related to public procurement procedures, abuse of office and authority, corruption, forgery of official documents and money laundering.