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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) is today carrying out dozens of searches and investigative measures, in a probe into possible fraud regarding the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), with losses of millions of euro to the EU and national budgets.

Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany), two suspects were convicted last week (15 February 2023) by the Frankfurt Regional Court (Landgericht Frankfurt) of VAT fraud. One of the two accused was sentenced to 5 years and 9 months of imprisonment, and the other was sentenced to two years on probation.

A videoconference between the European Chief Prosecutor, Ms Laura Kӧvesi, and Bulgaria’s Minister for Justice, Mr Krum Zarkov, took place this afternoon, 23 February 2023. They discussed the conditions under which the EPPO operates in Bulgaria.

On Tuesday, 21 February 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) arrested 17 people during an extensive operation carried out in eight countries against a criminal organisation centred in Spain, believed to have orchestrated a massive €25 million VAT fraud through the sales of mobile pho

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy) have seized assets and arrested six people, believed to be part of a criminal organisation, in a sting against a massive VAT fraud scheme involving several countries, with estimated losses of €40 million.

The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the Governor of the Hellenic Independent Authority of Public Revenues (IAPR), Georgios Pitsilis, signed a working arrangement today between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the IAPR.

Today, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Paris Criminal Court convicted two individuals and one company of customs fraud involving luxury cars, in what is the first EPPO case in France to reach the courts.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iaşi (Romania) is carrying out an operation against an alleged organised criminal group, suspected of perpetrating a €1.6 million fraud involving EU and national funds designated to promote employment.

Yesterday, 13 February 2023, a German court (Landgericht München II) convicted four out of ten suspects of organising a VAT carousel fraud scheme involving luxury cars. This follows an earlier conviction of one of the ten in 2022.