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On 11 January 2023, in an investigation into tax evasion carried out by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) executed a freezing order of assets for a value of over €10 million, issued by the pre-trial judge of Lecco, following a request by the European Delegated Prosecutors.

According to the result of investigations by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg and the Customs Investigation Office in Hanover, four persons are suspected of having formed a criminal group to smuggle high-priced motor vehicles and declaring them to the customs authorities at a falsely reduced value. They are accused of both gang and professional smuggling, and the evasion of import duties. One of the accused is additionally suspected of money laundering, in a case in which he bought a smuggled car knowing about the illegality of its importation, especially that import duties for the vehicle had been evaded.

On 6 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) referred a criminal case to the Iași Court, in Romania, where one company registered in Italy and three individuals were indicted for fraud concerning road modernisation works in the municipality of Ibănești, in the Botoșani county.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment against the mayor of Brăhășești, a rural municipality in the Galați county, in Romania, at the Iași County Court, on 7 December, for attempted subsidy fraud and forgery of official documents.

Yesterday, within the framework of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia), Czech police (Regional Directorate of the Olomouc region) delivered a resolution to commence the prosecution of one individual and one company. They are accused of subsidy fraud and damages to the financial interests of the European Union (EU), estimated at over €1.8 million (CZK 45.8 million).

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb sent an indictment against four persons and two legal entities: former Croatian Minister for Regional Development and EU Funds (MRRFEU); the former director of Croatia’s Central Finance and Contracting Agency (SAFU); and two business ow

On 19 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Romania referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, where five individuals and four companies have been indicted for participating in a criminal organisation to fraudulently obtain more than €3 million in EU funds for the development of the Danube Delta.

On 19 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Romania referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, where 23 people have been indicted for participating in a criminal organisation operating in Romania and Austria to fraudulently obtain more than €5 million in EU and national funds.

The French customs authorities, under the direction of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), conducted several searches in France on 15 November 2022, in an ongoing investigation into a suspected organised criminal group alleged to have imported fashion items from a non-EU country, substantially undervaluing the fair value of the goods in order to evade customs duties and VAT.