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A meeting between the European Chief Prosecutor, Ms Laura Kövesi, and Bulgaria’s Minister for Justice, Mr Georgi Georgiev, took place yesterday, 11 June 2025. They discussed several aspects affecting the EPPO work in Bulgaria. 

Today, the former Croatian Minister for Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU) was convicted by the County Court of Zagreb (Croatia) and sentenced to two years of imprisonment for abuse of office and authority, as well as trading in influence. This conviction follows an indictment issued by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has referred to the Court of Economic Affairs (Ekonomisko lietu tiesa) the suspected ringleader of the criminal syndicate targeted by the Admiral 2.0 investigation, for large-scale tax evasion in an organised group and money laundering. He has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest, on 28 November 2024. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against four individuals, including a former public official, for agricultural subsidy fraud and abuse of office and power. 

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Slovenian police’s National Bureau of Investigation (Nacionalni preiskovalni urad – NPU) carried out several searches this week (3 June), as part of investigations into suspected attempted and committed subsidy fraud involving EU funds worth over €25 million.

In a case investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), a yacht sales agent has been convicted of customs fraud by the Paris criminal court. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) has secured another conviction in an investigation into organised VAT fraud involving platinum coins. The convicted is one of the leaders behind a criminal organisation responsible for defrauding over €23 million in taxes.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal), multiple searches were carried out yesterday in Bragança, as part of a probe into suspected fraud related to the construction of the city’s EU-funded industrial zone.

This week (3 June), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt and Cologne (Germany) moved against suspected criminal groups, believed to have orchestrated cross-border VAT fraud schemes with an estimated tax damage of in total over €100 million through the sale of smartphones and other electronic devices.