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Italy: Businessman arrested in EPPO investigation into laundering proceeds of VAT carousel fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Venice arrested last week an Italian businessman residing in Dubai, suspected of laundering and reinvesting proceeds stemming from a large-scale VAT carousel fraud...
Poland: EPPO expands corruption probe involving tram modernisation in Upper Silesian-Zagłębie Metropolis
Today, in accordance with the procedures laid down by the EPPO Regulation and the Polish national law, the European Chief Prosecutor requested to the Polish Parliament (Sejm) the lifting of immunity of one active Member of Parliament for suspected trading in influence in an investigation of European...
Czechia: Over 40 searches and 12 detentions in probe into procurement and subsidy fraud in the healthcare sector
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague (Czechia), the Czech Police’s National Organised Crime Agency (NCOZ) detained 12 persons and carried out 42 searches in the regions of Prague, Central Bohemia and South Moravia.
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