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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), three suspects have been arrested, and multiple searches were carried out in Germany, Bulgaria, and Poland this week (1 April), in an ongoing investigation into a €50 million VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of electronic goods. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia) has filed an indictment against two individuals and one company for subsidy fraud and misappropriation of funds, in an investigation regarding the modernisation of fruit warehouses worth over €500 000 and co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). 

Four individuals were charged and assets worth approximately €2.6 million (CZK 65 million) were frozen in an investigation into a €4.4 million (CZK 110 million) EU subsidy fraud scheme.  This happened at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia), in close cooperation with the Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (Národní centrála proti organizovanému zločinu, NCOZ). 

Two ringleaders of an international criminal group were convicted on Friday, 28 March 2025, at the Regional Court of Dusseldorf (Germany) for a multi-million VAT fraud, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg, code-named Goliath. 

The Central Criminal Court of Spain has convicted the sole administrator of a company for fraudulently obtaining EU subsidies intended for the promotion of Spanish wine in third-country markets. The case was brought to court by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).

The County Court of Zagreb (Croatia) has convicted two individuals (including a public official) and a construction company of abuse of office and authority and of aiding and abetting those offences, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Zagreb into the construction of a waste-sorting plant in Mihačeva Draga. The total value of the project was €3,6 million, co-funded by the EU’s Cohesion Fund to up to 85%.

Today, the European Chief Prosecutor informed the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and the European Commission that the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has decided to open an administrative enquiry into possible wrongdoing by the Bulgarian European Prosecutor in the framework of an ongoing EPPO investigation.

 Today, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Turin executed an order of the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Nola, to arrest 13 suspects and seize assets worth up to €100 million. The investigation targets an organised crime group suspected of large-scale VAT fraud in the trade of plastics products.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has formally accused the mayor of Petrich, a municipality at the border with Greece, for his suspected fraudulent involvement in the construction of a museum, funded by the EU.