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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against 21 Croatian citizens, including one public official and a former public official, who were arrested yesterday in a probe into possible corruption and subsidy fraud involving subsidies from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF).

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), evidence-gathering activities are being carried out today in several counties, in an investigation into possible corruption and fraud involving EU agricultural funds.

Today, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the EPPO Regulation and the Polish national law, the European Chief Prosecutor requested to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) the lifting of immunity of one active Member of Parliament for suspected trading in influence in an investigation of European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice, linked to the EU funded modernisation of tram infrastructure in the Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Venice arrested last week an Italian businessman residing in Dubai, suspected of laundering and reinvesting proceeds stemming from a large-scale VAT carousel fraud scheme.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague (Czechia), the Czech Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (NCOZ) detained 12 persons and carried out 42 searches in the regions of Prague, Central Bohemia and South Moravia.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), more than 20 house searches were carried out yesterday in the federal states of Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), as well as in Poland, in a probe into suspected money laundering and participation in organised crime.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured the conviction of four individuals in a case of attempted subsidy fraud, preventing the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million in EU funds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is leading an investigation into suspected corruption and procurement fraud related to the acquisition of medical equipment, with searches carried out in Bucharest, Brașov and Mureș last week.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) has filed an indictment at Cluj Court against four individuals for suspected fraud involving funds for young farmers, co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).