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In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Madrid (Spain), the Spanish Guardia Civil and the Tax Office, with the support of Europol, have dismantled an organised crime network operating in Spain since 2020. The network, controlled by nine individuals and involving a sophisticated structure of companies, located in different countries, is thought to have evaded over €3.3 million in antidumping duties. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment against two executives of a company suspected of fraud in a public procurement project worth approximately €3.46 million (6 772 824.77 BGN). The project, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), aimed to build waste treatment facilities in Asenovgrad.

Following a large-scale VAT fraud investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany), code-named ´Huracán´, three individuals were convicted today by the Regional Court in Düsseldorf for organised VAT fraud, and aiding and abetting tax fraud.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), three more suspects have been convicted of participation in a criminal organisation selling toner cartridges and office supplies at cheap prices, by systematically evading VAT. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) carried out evidence collecting activities in Germany and Austria, due to suspicions of tax evasion relating to customs duties and import sales tax.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has conducted searches at a bank in Munich in a probe into a possible €200 million VAT fraud. Under investigation is the managing director of a company, who is suspected to have founded the company with the sole purpose of creating a fictitious business identity to process transactions via his company’s bank accounts.

Two suspects were arrested last week at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) as part of an investigation into a €32 million cross-border VAT carousel fraud involving the sales of mobile phones. 

Yesterday, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) carried out searches in several locations, in a probe into a suspected VAT carousel fraud uncovered during investigation Admiral, with an estimated damage of €38 million. 

The Regional Court of Regensburg (Germany) convicted yesterday an individual of organised VAT fraud and sentenced him to four years of imprisonment, following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich, concerning a VAT fraud scheme involving wireless earbuds.