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This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bucharest (Romania) submitted an indictment before the Bucharest Tribunal against 12 defendants (six individuals and six companies), following an investigation into a €9.5 million fraud involving IT projects, financed by the EU. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) and  the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK) are jointly carrying out urgent evidence collecting activities today, in an investigation into possible illegal use of funds at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against two public officials of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs suspected of abuse of position and authority, in connection to fraud involving accommodation expenses. The two suspects were arrested today at the EPPO’s request, following investigative measures conducted in cooperation with the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK).

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia), the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) carried out searches today and detained five suspects, including the mayor of Jēkabpils, other public officials and representatives of private companies, in a probe into the construction of a €16.9 million anti-flooding dam, co-funded by the EU. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), three suspects have been arrested, and multiple searches were carried out in Germany, Bulgaria, and Poland this week (1 April), in an ongoing investigation into a €50 million VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of electronic goods. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) has filed an indictment against two individuals and one company for subsidy fraud and misappropriation of funds, in an investigation regarding the modernisation of fruit warehouses worth over €500 000 and co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). 

Four individuals were charged and assets worth approximately €2.6 million (CZK 65 million) were frozen in an investigation into a €4.4 million (CZK 110 million) EU subsidy fraud scheme.  This happened at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia), in close cooperation with the Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu, NCOZ). 

Two ringleaders of an international criminal group were convicted on Friday, 28 March 2025, at the Regional Court of Dusseldorf (Germany) for a multi-million VAT fraud, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg, code-named Goliath. 

The Central Criminal Court of Spain has convicted the sole administrator of a company for fraudulently obtaining EU subsidies intended for the promotion of Spanish wine in third-country markets. The case was brought to court by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).