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RSSOn 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.
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) filed an indictment against a Croatian citizen today, 24 May 2023. The suspect is a small business owner and has been indicted for subsidy fraud and the forgery of documents.
On 19 May 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, in Romania, where two individuals and one company were indicted for fraud involving the construction of an agro-tourism guesthouse.
Forty house searches are being carried out today, 16 May 2023, in several locations in Romania and France, as part of an ongoing investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest into suspected fraud involving EU and national funds, amounting to more than €30 million.
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations of the Tribunal of Foggia issued a freezing order of over €420 000, in an investigation into fraud involving the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).