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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Brussels (Belgium) filed two separate indictments at the Court of Antwerp yesterday, for the evasion of customs duties on the importation of electric bicycles (e-bikes) from China.

On 31 October 2023, the Court of First Instance of Athens (Greece) delivered its verdict in a subsidy fraud case involving livestock, investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia), in cooperation with Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB), carried out searches and detained three people today, in a probe into possible fraud involving state officials from the Municipality of Valka.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy), two people have been arrested by the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in an investigation into a large VAT fraud scheme, with estimated damage of approximately €50 million. The pre-trial detention of the two individuals was ordered by the judge for preliminary investigations of the Tribunal of Busto Arsizio.  

A police officer posted at a refugee centre was convicted of forgery last week, in the first verdict in Greek courts of a case investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor Office’s (EPPO) in Athens (Greece).

Last week (26 October), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague (Czechia), in cooperation with the Czech Police’s National Organized Crime Agency, brought charges against seven individuals and three companies for evading taxes and for participating in an organised crime group. This followed an action day, on which several searches and seizures were carried out, and three of the individuals were arrested.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy) has been conducting an investigation into organised criminal association, corruption and fraud involving agricultural funds in Sicily, which has now led to an indictment of 56 individuals and two companies.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy) is leading an investigation into a vast VAT fraud scheme, with estimated damage of at least €53 million. One person has been arrested and more than 10 are under investigation, with several searches executed in Italy (Milan, Novara, Genoa, Rome and Palermo) and in Switzerland.

In a joint effort with the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Orbetello (Italy), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna has uncovered evidence of a deceptive scheme carried out by an agri-businessman to illicitly secure approximately €230 000 in EU funds.