As was previously reported, in May this year, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb filed an indictment against an owner of a family farm in Croatia. Today, the County Court in Zagreb issued the verdict, in which the accused person was found guilty of subsidy fraud.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has launched an investigation against two Croatian nationals for subsidy fraud and abuse of office and authority.

On 8 July, €2 million were seized in a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) investigation into fraud concerning EU agricultural funds in Sardinia (Italy). The Nuoro Group of the Guardia di Finanza (Gruppo Nuoro della Guardia di Finanza) carried out the preventive seizure order in Nuoro (Sardinia) and in some neighbouring villages.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), in cooperation with the Croatian National Police Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime, is conducting urgent evidence-collecting activities today, 7 July 2022, in Croatia.

The College appointed 2 new European Delegated Prosecutors in Romania yesterday. The EPPO team of prosecutors in Romania  is now 11 strong.

The manager of a wine company in Plovdiv (Bulgaria) has been convicted of attempted fraud relating to EU funds aimed at promoting the export of wine outside of the European Union. The manager submitted forged documents during the funding application and was sentenced to one year of imprisonment and a fine. Almost €400 000 worth of damages to the EU budget was prevented.

Eighteen searches were conducted yesterday, 29 June 2022, in the Bulgarian towns of Petrich and Obzor as part of an ongoing investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) into fraud relating to EU agricultural funds.

Whistleblowers are an essential source of information for investigation and public prosecution services. The correct transposition and effective implementation of Directive (EU)2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (Whistleblowers’ protection Directive) therefore is of direct operational relevance for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

Following the investigative activities and the house searches in Romania and Austria on 28 June 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office made official accusations against 12 people for: