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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).

On behalf of the EPPO in Naples (Italy), the Economic and Financial Police Unit of the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Salerno carried out searches and seizures today in an investigation into suspected fraud involving fictitious employee training courses.

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), the Investigative Unit of the Carabinieri Provincial Command of Benevento carried out searches today in an investigation into suspected corruption linked to an EU-funded public works project.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), another suspect was arrested in connection with an investigation into criminal networks operating cross-border VAT fraud schemes linked to the sales of electronic devices, code-named ‘Escape Room’.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against four individuals and two companies for subsidy fraud involving the misuse of EU funds intended for the construction of a new briquette production plant.

The EPPO in Milan (Italy) has conducted searches and froze assets worth €2.6 million in an investigation into suspected fraud involving resources by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), financed through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).