The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), through its offices in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), Brussels (Belgium), Graz (Austria) and Katowice (Poland), has struck a significant blow to criminal networks operating cross-border VAT fraud schemes linked to the sales of electronic devices.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany), 105 searches were carried out yesterday in Poland, in a probe into a criminal organisation importing damaged cars from Switzerland to Poland via Germany, while evading custom duties and VAT.