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A meeting between the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Kövesi, and the State Attorney General of the Republic of Croatia, Zlata Hrvoj-Šipek, was held yesterday, 3 November 2022, at the State Attorney's Office of the Republic of Croatia (DORH) as part of the visit of the European Chief Prosecutor to the Republic of Croatia and Croatian state authorities. After having taken stock of the excellent cooperation so far, both parties discussed ways to further develop EPPO’s potential with regard to the protection of the financial interests of the European Union in Croatia.

The European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi today met the President of European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, in Brussels.

The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the State Public Prosecutor of the Republic of North Macedonia, Ljubomir Joveski, have signed a working arrangement today between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the State Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of North Macedonia.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb has started an investigation against an individual entrepreneur, in a case of suspected fraud for obtaining up to €487 000 in agricultural funds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) confirms that it has an ongoing investigation into the acquisition of COVID-19 vaccines in the European Union.

The European Chief Prosecutor and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of Croatia have signed today a working arrangement between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Croatia.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Bologna has concluded an investigation that uncovered a potential aggravated fraud involving national and European funds, to support reconstruction of the areas affected by the devastating earthquakes that struck the Emilia-Romagna region in the spring of 2012.

Today, a Romanian businessman and a company he represented were indicted at the Bucharest Tribunal (county court) for fraudulently obtaining over €3 million in EU funds for the development of RECUMED, a research-development centre in medical recovery and bio reconstruction. The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest is leading the investigation, and suspects that, in addition to the fraud against the EU’s financial interests, the company that wrongfully obtained the project and their representative also laundered money after receiving the funds.

Last week, in a European Public Prosecutor‘s Office (EPPO) investigation, officers from the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service arrested five persons and carried out searches in a case of suspected credit fraud and forgery of documents for obtaining up to €343 000 in European Union funds.