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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain), two suspects were detained on Wednesday, including a public official, over a €3.3 million fraud involving EU funds to promote employment, spanning 15 years. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has completed the pre-trial investigation of a possible fraud involving EU funds at the Municipality of Valka. Three individuals, including two municipal officials, have been formally charged with fraud and abuse of office. 

The Vilnius City District Court (Lithuania) has convicted the members of an organised crime group in a fraudulent scheme involving EU and national funds intended for young farmers, following charges brought by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) and Liberec (Czechia), multiple searches and investigative measures were conducted today in Czechia and Slovakia, in a probe into suspected large-scale customs fraud and VAT evasion involving the imports of textiles, shoes and e-commerce goods from China into the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has secured convictions against three defendants, two administrators and one employee of a consortium company, for the misappropriation of EU funds intended for the development of the Italian liquefied natural gas (LNG) network.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) carried out searches on Wednesday in an investigation into possible fraud involving two projects for the manufacture of lithium-ion battery units and prefabricated metal modular structures, amounting to approximately €10 million each, co-funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Brno (Czechia) has dismantled an organised crime group involving public officials suspected of wrongdoing in subsidy procedures for the reconstruction of research premises. Seven suspects were detained today, including three public officials.

Today, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the EPPO Regulation and the Hellenic national law, the European Chief Prosecutor requested to the Hellenic Parliament the lifting of immunity of 11 active Members of Parliament in an investigation into an alleged organised fraud scheme involving agricultural funds. Five former Members of Parliament are also under investigation. In parallel, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) has referred to the Hellenic Parliament information regarding alleged involvement of a former Minister and a Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia) has secured a conviction at the Regional Court of Ostrava against an entrepreneur, sentenced to six years and six months of imprisonment for subsidy fraud, damage to the financial interests of the EU, damage to a creditor and money laundering.