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Over 80 searches were conducted yesterday and three suspects were arrested, in a probe into an alleged criminal organisation suspected of a multimillion VAT fraud involving car sales, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne and Munich (Germany). 

Last week, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), 15 searches were carried out in several locations, as part of an investigation into the misappropriation of funds from the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund.

In a probe led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague (Czechia), 36 searches were conducted today and ten suspects were arrested, on suspicion of corruption involving public contracts to provide medical supplies to hospitals.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), searches were conducted yesterday in several locations and four suspects were arrested, in an investigation into a €10 million VAT carousel fraud involving tyres. 

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) is conducting urgent searches and investigation measures, as part of the investigation into suspected subsidy fraud and corruption at the Faculty of Geodesy of the University of Zagreb.

Former partner of the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund, Mr Sarunas Stepukonis, who is suspected of having misappropriated €27 million from the fund, was  detained on 10 February 2024, at the request of the EPPO. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to dismiss its proceedings against Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Ms Maria Spyraki, in a case of suspected fraud in relation to the management of the parliamentary allowance, and in particular concerning the remuneration of Accredited Parliamentary Assistants.

A former notary was convicted on Friday (2 February 2024) by the Berlin Regional Court, for forgery and false notarisations, following an investigation into an €80 million VAT fraud involving luxury cars and medical face masks led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany).

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment in the Regional Court of Vilnius (Lithuania) against a former director of the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute of Lithuania, accused of illegally acquiring €296 871 through the receipt of bribes, illegal enrichment and money laundering.