Today, a Romanian businessman and a company he represented were indicted at the Bucharest Tribunal (county court) for fraudulently obtaining over €3 million in EU funds for the development of RECUMED, a research-development centre in medical recovery and bio reconstruction.

Last week, in a European Public Prosecutor‘s Office (EPPO) investigation, officers from the Lithuanian Financial Crime Investigation Service arrested five persons and carried out searches in a case of suspected credit fraud and forgery of documents for obtaining up to €343 000 in European Union funds.

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius referred a criminal case to the Regional District Court, where one person is accused of fraud and forgery involving agricultural funds.

The College appointed 1 new European Delegated Prosecutors in Finland yesterday. The EPPO team of prosecutors in the Helsinki office has now 2 European Delegated Prosecutors.

A Greek police officer working in a unit responsible for the identification of refugees was indicted for forgery and attempted fraud last week, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor Office’s (EPPO) in Athens.

Last week, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga, the city’s District Court convicted four persons of organising a fraudulent tendering procedure, through which they had obtained €780 000 in EU funds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Financial Intelligence Unit of Luxembourg (CRF, Cellule de renseignement financier) on 18 August.

As part of an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Asti executed a preventive seizure decree issued by a judge, aimed at confiscating an amount just under € 200 000, against an association promoting typical products of the ‘Langhe and Monferrato’ territories in Piedmont, including Asti Moscato wine, honey and hazelnuts.

As previously reported on 25 May 2022, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Zagreb filed an indictment against 10 Croatian citizens, including the mayors of Nova Gradiška and Velika Gorica, for active and passive corruption and abuse of function. Today, the County Court in Zagreb issued the verdict against three of the accused, who were all found guilty of illegal favouritism and attempt of abuse of function.

The European Chief Prosecutor and the Secretary-General of the European Commission met today in Luxembourg to conduct the first annual high-level review of mutual cooperation under the agreement between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the Eu