The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has initiated an investigation against four individuals suspected of abuse of position and authority, and of incitement to abuse of position and authority, in connection to fraud involving renovation works at the General Public Health Clinic in Zagreb.

Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), six individuals and one company were convicted today of subsidy fraud and document forgery involving EU agricultural funds intended to improve animal welfare in pig farming.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) has charged seven suspects in an investigation targeting a large-scale VAT fraud scheme related to the trade of electronic goods, causing as estimated damage of over CZK 4.7 billion (approximately €187 million). 

Following an investigation of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office of Ostrava (Czechia) into the fraudulent use of EU subsidies for the purchase of machinery, the Regional Court in Ostrava has approved a plea agreement resulting in the conviction of eleven defendants.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has formally named six individuals as suspects, including three Bosnian public officials, in connection with alleged cross-border corruption in a construction project for the Pan-European Motorway Corridor, which connects Hungary and eastern Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Adriatic Sea.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain) has indicted 36 individuals and five companies, accused of forming a criminal organisation responsible for a €24.3 million VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of mobile phones and other electronic devices. The indictments follow an investigation code-named 'Marengo Rosso', which stretched across eight countries.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne – CBA) carried out searches this week in Nowy Sącz, in an investigation into suspected misappropriation involving public officials and EU funds.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), urgent evidence collection activities are being carried out by the National Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (Policijski nacionalni ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta), in a pre-investigation of suspected corruption in the connection with the procurement of medical equipment.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) brought charges against two individuals and one company, accused of subsidy fraud and damaging the financial interests of the EU, in connection with projects co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Czech state budget.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), law enforcement have executed a freezing order of €17.2 million, in an investigation involving 48 farmers suspected of criminal association to defraud EU agricultural funds. They are believed to have set up an elaborate fraud scheme to obtain over €20 million in subsidies between 2017 and 2022.