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A company and its director were found guilty of declaring salary costs already covered by national subsidies as costs under an EU-funded project, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).

At the request of the EPPO in Paris (France), bank accounts have been frozen and real estate seized in the island of Réunion, with a combined value of up to €4 million, as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies in France’s outermost regions.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) filed an indictment at the Slovak Specialised Criminal Court against one individual for fraud involving a project to develop forest areas, co-funded by the EU.

An individual was convicted of misappropriating EU funds granted to a cooperative for unemployed people, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).

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.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) has indicted four individuals and proposed to Prague’s Municipal Court plea bargains against four more suspects for their involvement in a large-scale VAT fraud scheme related to the trade of electronic goods.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has conducted searches in eight countries and detained 62 suspects in a probe against criminal organisations suspected of operating a carousel VAT fraud selling mobile phones and electronic devices.

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 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.