The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) has secured another conviction in an investigation into organised VAT fraud involving platinum coins. The convicted is one of the leaders behind a criminal organisation responsible for defrauding over €23 million in taxes.

In a case investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France), a yacht sales agent has been convicted of customs fraud by the Paris criminal court. 

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ljubljana (Slovenia), the Slovenian police’s National Bureau of Investigation (Nacionalni preiskovalni urad – NPU) carried out several searches this week (3 June), as part of investigations into suspected attempted and committed subsidy fraud involving EU funds worth over €25 million.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) has secured two further convictions in an investigation into a large-scale VAT fraud involving fraudulent VoIP, with an estimated damage of €100 million. 

This week (3 June), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt and Cologne (Germany) moved against suspected criminal groups, believed to have orchestrated cross-border VAT fraud schemes with an estimated tax damage of in total over €100 million through the sale of smartphones and other electronic devices.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Porto (Portugal), multiple searches were carried out yesterday in Bragança, as part of a probe into suspected fraud related to the construction of the city’s EU-funded industrial zone.

Last week, a man was convicted of VAT fraud in the first verdict in a Dutch court in a case investigated and prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (the Netherlands).

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against four individuals and two companies for subsidy fraud, money laundering and document forgery, following an investigation into agricultural funding fraud.

Between today and tomorrow, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) will sign a working arrangement with the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP) to enhance their strategic cooperation, as well as bilateral arrangements with six of its members in Latin America. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) brought additional charges today against 16 suspects – including 13 public officials – relating to the execution of contracts for restoring remote traffic control and signalling systems on the Greek rail network, co-funded by the EU.