Following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), two individuals were convicted  by the Regional Court of Vilnius of illegally acquiring €130 000 through forgery of documents, fraudulent management of financial records, as well as bribery of a public official. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan and Rome (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Latina issued a freezing order of €28.8 million, in an investigation into a €40 million VAT fraud involving airpods.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against four individuals, including three public officials,  and one company. The public officials are accused of using their positions to award a contract related to the construction of a waste-sorting plant in Mihačeva Draga to a company with inflated prices.

 At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Trapani executed a freezing order of €9 million today, in the context of an investigation into fraud involving EU funds, money laundering, and self-laundering. 

On Tuesday, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) filed an indictment in the Sofia City Court against three individuals, accused of fraud related to a project involving plastic products, co-funded by the EU.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy), the Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Milan have carried out searches in the offices of a consultant suspected of procurement fraud.

An entrepreneur accused of using false documentation to obtain EU funds for the construction of a dairy facility was convicted of fraud by the Sofia City Court (Bulgaria), following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). 

Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) referred a criminal case to the Cluj Tribunal, where five individuals have been indicted for misuse of funds from programmes for the inclusion of Roma communities, co-funded by the EU. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has formally accused the former mayor and the ex-governor of Varna, as well as two public officials from the Executive Agency Maritime Administration, in an investigation into possible fraud, reported by OLAF, involving the reconstruction of a fishing port. 

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia), four individuals were arrested today by the Krapinsko Zagorska County Police Administration on the suspicion of abuse of office and power and subsidy fraud.