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On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) – Provincial Command of Piacenza have arrested the suspected ringleader of a VAT fraud scheme involving several countries, with estimated losses of €28 million.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), three private building contractors were placed under house arrest today, 05 June 2023, on suspicion of fraud involving the renovation of a public school in Palermo.

On Wednesday, 31 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Paris (France) arrested the manager of a group of Chinese companies that imports electric bicycles (e-bikes), for customs fraud and money laundering, with estimated damages to the EU budget of €26 million. He was subsequently indicted and remanded in pre-trial detention by a liberty and detention judge of the Paris Judicial Court, on Friday, 2 June 2023.

On 18 May 2023, one person and one company were found guilty by the High Court in Prague (Czechia) of subsidy fraud and causing damage to the EU’s financial interests.

On 29 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Iași Tribunal Court, in Romania, where a customs official has been indicted for participating in a tax fraud scheme involving imported tobacco.

Last week, on behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service (FCIS) carried out 46 searches and arrested 27 suspects for fraud involving up to €750 000 in funds for young farmers. Three of the suspects have been placed in detention.

In an investigation into fraud involving EU subsidies for the use of grazing land, coordinated by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), a freezing order of up to €171 000 was executed today, 26 May 2023.

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) have executed a freezing order of up to €20 million, in an investigation involving the public company that operates the water service in Palermo (Italy).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb decided today, 25 May 2023, to expand an investigation against two persons, on suspicion of receiving and giving bribes in connection with the use of EU funds.