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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), eight suspects have been placed today in pre-trial detention and three under house arrest, in an investigation targeting an organised crime group suspected of large-scale VAT fraud in the trade of plastics products.

The EPPO in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against four individuals suspected of subsidy fraud. The four suspects were arrested yesterday at the request of the EPPO, while other investigative activities were conducted in cooperation with the Zagreb Police Department.

The EPPO in Katowice (Poland) has filed an indictment at the Circuit Court in Katowice against two Polish nationals accused of participating in an organised crime group involved in cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering. This is the first indictment in investigation 'Escape Room'.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has been conducting searches and arrests since last Saturday against a criminal organisation suspected of having sold over one million mobile phones as if they were new, while in reality they were used.

Five individuals have been convicted of tax evasion committed in an organised group by the Riga City Court (Latvia), following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga. These are the most recent convictions in the Admiral 2.0 case.

On behalf of the EPPO in Naples (Italy), the Economic and Financial Police Unit of the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Salerno carried out searches and seizures today in an investigation into suspected fraud involving fictitious employee training courses.

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), the Investigative Unit of the Carabinieri Provincial Command of Benevento carried out searches today in an investigation into suspected corruption linked to an EU-funded public works project.

An individual suspected of stealing the identity of several citizens to fraudulently obtain funds intended to modernise residential buildings under the Clean Air programme has been arrested while withdrawing money from an ATM. The arrest follows an investigation by the EPPO in Warsaw (Poland).

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), another suspect was arrested in connection with an investigation into criminal networks operating cross-border VAT fraud schemes linked to the sales of electronic devices, code-named ‘Escape Room’.

The EPPO in Milan (Italy) has conducted searches and froze assets worth €2.6 million in an investigation into suspected fraud involving resources by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), financed through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).