The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) last week detained three people and seized €8,5 million, in an investigation into a suspected criminal organisation that obtained millions in EU funds for medical and IT research. The suspected ...

  On 7 and 8 June 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) carried out seizures and arrested three people suspected of involvement in a Europe-wide VAT fraud concerning the sale of second-hand vehicles. During the searches ...

  On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) – Provincial Command of Piacenza have arrested the suspected ringleader of a VAT fraud scheme involving several countries, with estimated ...

  On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the State Police of Latvia carried out searches today, 26 April 2023, in 10 locations, and arrested eight suspects, in an investigation into a €2.5 million fraud involving agricultural funds. ...

  At the beginning of March (7 March 2023), the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia), together with the Czech Police, seized money and real estate properties worth €740 000 from a suspect and his company. On Monday ...

  Two suspects have been arrested in the Netherlands this morning, 16 March 2023, on suspicion of committing fraud in order to obtain EU subsidies amounting to €500 000. The arrests took place in Eindhoven and Roermond, and were made ...

  Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iaşi (Romania) is carrying out an operation against an alleged organised criminal group, suspected of perpetrating a €1.6 million fraud involving EU and national funds designated to promote employment. Since early ...

  The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) today filed an indictment against six defendants in the Vilnius District Court (Lithuania) for fraud relating to procurement procedures, which caused damages of €580 000 to the EU budget, since fully recovered thanks ...

  Today, the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Palermo is carrying out a preventive seizure order of over €7 million, requested by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo. The suspects had obtained funds from the Sicilian ...

  The EPPO in Riga is carrying out searches today in the city of Daugavpils (Latvia), including at the Daugavpils  University, in a probe into suspected fraud concerning European Union’s Social Fund, with estimated damages of €600 000. The suspects, which include ...