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Investigation ‘Fuel family’: EPPO seizes €20 million from criminal gang dedicated to VAT fraud
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna, Naples and Rome (Italy) today seized assets worth €20 million, including a tourism resort and over 150 properties, following an investigation code-named ‘Fuel family’ into a criminal gang alleged to have imported fuel to the Italian market...
Investigation 'Nimmersatt': EPPO clamps down on criminal organisation smuggling hazardous salvage cars from US
In an action led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) and Vilnius (Lithuania), 1 000 police and tax and customs officers carried out 200 searches in ten countries, in a probe into a criminal organisation importing salvage cars from the United States (US) and...
France: EPPO carries out searches and arrests seven people in probe into VAT fraud involving luxury cars
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) has carried out searches and arrested seven suspects in several cities in France, in a probe into an alleged VAT fraud involving valuable vehicles, conducted between 4 February and 10 April 2025.
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