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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), in close cooperation with Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba – FNTT), has expanded its investigation into misappropriation of funds from the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund. It is alleged that the main suspect may have misappropriated over €42 million, with more than €36 million reportedly lost to gambling in casinos in Lithuania and Estonia.  

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens (Greece) has filed indictments in the Court of First Instance of Athens against a total of 100 suspects of fraud involving agricultural funds, for an overall damage of €2.9 million to the EU budget.   

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has filed another indictment against one defendant with the Regional Court in Düsseldorf. This is the third indictment in a large-scale VAT fraud investigation, code-named ’Huracán’, concerning the international trade of more than 10 000 cars.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy) is leading an investigation –code-named ‘Dragone’- into a large-scale customs and VAT fraud scheme involving the import of goods from China into the EU.  

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) is leading an investigation into a suspected €14 million (CZK 335 million) VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of second-hand mobile phones. Searches were conducted in Czechia and Latvia, leading to five arrests. 

The latest Annual Report of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) shows a continuous rise in the EPPO’s activity. In the coming years, it will continue to increase, as detection and reporting of EU fraud will continue to improve, and its Polish and Swedish offices become operational. This year’s numbers demonstrate that the EPPO has become central to any serious reflection on the future of the so-called EU anti-fraud architecture. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment against two individuals suspected of defrauding the European Social Fund (ESF) and national co-financing, for a total amount of €66 750. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (Netherlands) is leading an investigation into suspected large-scale customs fraud and money laundering related to the import of e-bikes from China.

In a probe led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in České Budějovice (Czechia), law enforcement officers have arrested 22 individuals and carried out 46 searches today.