In November 2021, six people were arrested in Czechia, Romania and Slovakia on suspicion of forming a criminal organisation and evading taxes.

An investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich has led to the discovery of a VAT carousel fraud scheme involving 21 suspects, with activities in Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the UK. Two of the suspects, who were responsible for organising the paperwork of the criminal activity, are based in Romania and one of them was arrested yesterday.

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Tax Authority in Portugal yesterday executed 21 searches ordered by a judge in the cities of Aveiro, Porto and Lisbon, and arrested three suspects, in an operation code-named ‘Gasosa’.