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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara (Romania) arrested two suspects and carried out searches and seizures in an investigation into a €166 000 fraud involving EU funds intended to hire persons in a vulnerable situation.

In an investigation into a complex VAT fraud on imported fuels, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Bologna (Italy), the Modena Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) seized assets worth €5 million in the provinces of Modena and Ravenna this month.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured four convictions, including of two former customs officers, following an investigation into an organised crime group found to have evaded nearly €10 million in import, customs and excise taxes by smuggling cigarettes.

(Luxembourg, 27 January 2025) – Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has filed an indictment against the suspected ringleader of the criminal syndicate targeted by the Admiral 2.0 investigation. The investigation unveiled a large-scale VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of popular electronic goods and creating an estimated VAT loss of €297 million. The indictment takes place only two months after the arrest of the defendant, a record time for such a complex investigation.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) has filed an indictment against two defendants – an individual and one company – for fraud and forgery related to two agricultural projects in Giurgiu County, financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), with a total value of over €2.1 million.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) has filed an indictment at the Iași Tribunal against 10 Romanian citizens and four companies, suspected of perpetrating a €1.6 million fraud involving EU and national funds designated to promote employment. 

(Luxembourg, 23 January 2025) – Today, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recital 16 of Regulation (EU) 2020/2092 of 16 December 2020 on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the budget of the European Union (Conditionality Regulation), pointing at the amendments of the Austrian law on criminal procedure, which entered into force on 1 January 2025.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) has filed an indictment against two individuals and one company, suspected of misusing EU funded tailoring equipment and unlawfully retaining subsidies. The case, involving approximately €196 000 in EU funds, has been referred to the court of Iași.

(Luxembourg, 16 January 2025) – An organised crime group suspected of misappropriating nearly €6 million in EU structural funds for innovative manufacturing solutions, such as recycled plastics and green concrete, has been the target of large-scale investigative measures led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), since early December 2024.