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This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia) submitted a plea agreement to the branch of the Regional Court of Ostrava in Olomouc, in a subsidy fraud case with damage of over €1.8 million (CZK 45.8 million).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) brought charges yesterday against 23 suspects – including 18 public officials – for crimes relating to the execution of contracts for restoring remote traffic control and signalling systems on the Greek rail network, co-funded by the EU. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has officially initiated an investigation against two persons – a former minister and a former employee of Croatia’s Ministry of Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU) – for abuse of office and authority. This follows a preliminary investigation conducted in cooperation with Croatia’s National Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (PNUSKOK).

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Anti-Mafia Investigative Directorate (Direzione Investigativa Antimafia) of Catania has seized the farmhouse of a suspect under investigation for agricultural funding fraud and ties to organised crime.

On Monday (4 December), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Luxembourg City and Frankfurt am Main led searches in Luxembourg and Germany, in an action targeting a criminal group suspected of a VAT fraud. In addition, 17 bank accounts, cash, gold and cryptocurrencies have been seized.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal) filed an indictment today against 12 suspects and 15 companies, following an investigation into a massive intra-community VAT fraud scheme extending to over 30 countries, code-named Admiral.  This is the first indictment issued under

Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo and Rome (Italy), coercive measures were decreed today against three aquaculture producers, suspected of committing fraud involving EU maritime and fisheries funds, with an estimated damage of €4.5 million.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment today at the Regional Court of Ostrava (Czechia) against an entrepreneur, for subsidy fraud and money laundering. He is accused of using EU funds allocated to an IT project to pay his own debts.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Tallinn (Estonia) led searches yesterday at several locations, in a probe into a suspected fraud involving a project to renovate street lighting in the municipality of Põltsamaa.