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Following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO)  in Lisbon (Portugal), code-named ‘Ambrosia’, 30 suspects, including 17 individuals and 13 companies, were indicted yesterday for establishing and operating a criminal network responsible for a €35 million VAT tax fraud involving essential food products (namely olive oil, cooking oil and sugar). 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal) has conducted searches in an investigation related to projects for IT acquisition by a public university and secondary schools, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Luxembourg City, the Luxembourgish Judicial Police (Service de police judiciaire – section EPPO) carried out multiple searches last week, as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving EU regional development funds for public transport.  

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy) has secured convictions against 13 defendants, including three ringleaders, in the ‘Greasy Hands’ investigation. The defendants were proven to have operated a criminal organisation that imported vehicle lubricants into the Italian market while systematically evading VAT, resulting in losses exceeding €15 million. 

On Wednesday, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), one suspect was arrested in Czechia and several searches and seizures took place in Belgium, Czechia and Poland.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against two Croatian citizens on suspicion of fraud involving agricultural subsidies. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt (Germany) and Milan (Italy) has dealt a major setback to networks operating cross-border VAT fraud schemes linked to the sales of thousands of second-hand luxury cars, causing estimated losses of €100 million.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), multiple searches are being carried out today at the Sibiu International Airport and the Sibiu County Council, in a probe into suspected fraud related to a €54 million EU-funded project for the modernisation of the airport. 

Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal, indicting three individuals – including one of the alleged ringleaders – for a €100 million fraud involving EU and national funds. The suspect, an Italian citizen, was detained on 5 February 2025, and is believed to have led a criminal group engaged in systematic fraud involving EU funds.