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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Valletta (Malta) has charged a suspect with defrauding EU funds aimed at supporting young farmers to start a business. 

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece), an organised criminal group, allegedly involved in a systematic large-scale subsidy fraud scheme and money-laundering activities, has been identified. Today, 37 suspects were arrested, and searches were carried out throughout the country.

Underwater searches, ordered by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), recently showed that an EU-funded mussel farm in the Black Sea may just be sand.

Today, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), searches were carried out in the Plovdiv Municipality and at a company, suspected of public procurement fraud related to the improvement of urban green and public space in the city of Plovdiv.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against four individuals suspected of abuse of position and authority, and of incitement to abuse of position and authority, in connection to fraud involving renovation works at the General Public Health Clinic in Zagreb.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) has charged seven suspects in an investigation targeting a large-scale VAT fraud scheme related to the trade of electronic goods, causing as estimated damage of over CZK 4.7 billion (approximately €187 million). 

Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), six individuals and one company were convicted today of subsidy fraud and document forgery involving EU agricultural funds intended to improve animal welfare in pig farming.

Following an investigation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ostrava (Czechia) into the fraudulent use of EU subsidies for the purchase of machinery, the Regional Court in Ostrava has approved a plea agreement resulting in the conviction of eleven defendants.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has formally named six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.