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The EPPO in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment at the Sofia City Court against the mayor of Petrich, a municipality at the border with Greece, accused of fraud involving the reconstruction of a building to convert it into a cultural heritage museum under an EU-funded project.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), five suspects were arrested this week in an investigation into a €114 million VAT fraud linked to investigation Midas. Three were arrested in Cyprus, one in Germany and one in Italy.

The EPPO in Bucharest (Romania) filed an indictment on Wednesday at the Bucharest Tribunal against five individuals, accused of having established a criminal group with the aim of defrauding public procurement procedures in Romanian municipalities, benefiting from EU funding.

The president of an association of beekeepers in Canary Islands was found guilty of subsidy fraud, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).

The Supreme Court of Lithuania has upheld the convictions of two former Lithuanian customs officers, as well as two Belarusian citizens, for the smuggling of large quantities of cigarettes from Belarus, confirming the lower court’s judgement and dismissing the defendants’ appeals.

At the request of the EPPO in Palermo (Italy), a judge has ordered precautionary measures against seven individuals suspected of participating in a criminal association involved in corruption and the steering of public contracts in Syracuse, including an EU-funded project to expand accommodation.

A company and its director were found guilty of declaring salary costs already covered by national subsidies as costs under an EU-funded project, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).

At the request of the EPPO in Paris (France), bank accounts have been frozen and real estate seized in the island of Réunion, with a combined value of up to €4 million, as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies in France’s outermost regions.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) filed an indictment at the Slovak Specialised Criminal Court against one individual for fraud involving a project to develop forest areas, co-funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has conducted searches in eight countries and detained 62 suspects in a probe against criminal organisations suspected of operating a carousel VAT fraud selling mobile phones and electronic devices.