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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens conducted searches and seizures last week at several locations in Attica and Kastoria, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected VAT carousel fraud involving the trade of small electronic goods and the laundering of criminal proceeds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal) has indicted 12 individuals, including four public officials, and three companies, for their alleged participation in a fraud scheme involving projects funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) .

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has secured the conviction of three defendants by the Regional Court of Berlin in a major investigation into organised VAT fraud involving the trade in luxury vehicles and medical face masks.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has uncovered additional information within the large-scale VAT fraud investigation Huracán, leading to two arrests in Germany and the Netherlands, and searches and seizures in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands yesterday.

At the request of the EPPO in Athens, the 1st Three-member Misdemeanour Court of First Instance of Athens has convicted 57 individuals for fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies financed through the National Reserve, a mechanism under the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The County Court in Zagreb (Croatia) has rendered a first verdict today against ten individuals, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb over corruption and misuse of EU funds involving the Ministry of Culture and the Faculty of Geodesy.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany) has carried out searches and asset seizure measures in an investigation into suspected organised subsidy fraud involving funding from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

On behalf of the EPPO in Milan (Italy), the Italian Financial Police and the Italian Customs and Monopolies Agency seized assets worth over €23.5 million, in an investigation into a VAT fraud scheme scheme involving imported fuel to the Italian market.

At the request of the EPPO in Bologna, the Judge for Preliminary Investigations in Prato has issued a freezing order for 7.8 million metres of fabric and more than 237 000 garments, as part of an ongoing investigation into a VAT and customs frau involving the smuggling of textile from China.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), eight suspects were detained today, including a public official, over a €900 000 subsidy fraud involving employment benefits.