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At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), eight suspects have been placed today in pre-trial detention and three under house arrest, in an investigation targeting an organised crime group suspected of large-scale VAT fraud in the trade of plastics products.

An individual was convicted of misappropriating EU funds granted to a cooperative for unemployed people, following an indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain).

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) has indicted four individuals and proposed to Prague’s Municipal Court plea bargains against four more suspects for their involvement in a large-scale VAT fraud scheme related to the trade of electronic goods.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has conducted searches in eight countries and detained 62 suspects in a probe against criminal organisations suspected of operating a carousel VAT fraud selling mobile phones and electronic devices.

The EPPO in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against four individuals suspected of subsidy fraud. The four suspects were arrested yesterday at the request of the EPPO, while other investigative activities were conducted in cooperation with the Zagreb Police Department.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has been conducting searches and arrests since last Saturday against a criminal organisation suspected of having sold over one million mobile phones as if they were new, while in reality they were used.

Five individuals have been convicted of tax evasion committed in an organised group by the Riga City Court (Latvia), following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga. These are the most recent convictions in the Admiral 2.0 case.

The EPPO in Katowice (Poland) has filed an indictment at the Circuit Court in Katowice against two Polish nationals accused of participating in an organised crime group involved in cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering. This is the first indictment in investigation 'Escape Room'.

An individual suspected of stealing the identity of several citizens to fraudulently obtain funds intended to modernise residential buildings under the Clean Air programme has been arrested while withdrawing money from an ATM. The arrest follows an investigation by the EPPO in Warsaw (Poland).