The College of the European Public Prosecutor's Office appointed today two new European Delegated Prosecutors in Greece. In total, there are now 7 European Delegated Prosecutors in the EPPO Athens office.

Fifteen locations in Bucharest, Gorj, Giurgiu and the Danube Delta area (Romania), regions in Romania, were searched on 24 May 2022, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The searches were conducted as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraud concerning European funds of more than €3 million.

In November 2021, six people were arrested in Czechia, Romania and Slovakia on suspicion of forming a criminal organisation. One of these suspects was convicted in April 2022, and this week two more suspects were convicted by the Munich I Regional Court (Landgericht München I).

After a series of active and passive corruption and abuse of functions cases between 2018 and 2021, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) Zagreb filed today an indictment against 10 Croatian citizens, including the mayors of Nova Gradiška and Velika Gorica.

Thirty years ago, Giovanni Falcone was killed in Palermo. The assassination of this outstanding prosecutor – as well as many other magistrates, police officers, civil servants and activists – was meant to instil fear, to discourage anyone from fighting organised crime.

German law enforcement authorities, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), conducted several searches this morning, 12 May 2022, in an investigation into missing trader VAT fraud with estimated tax loss damages of more than €40 million.

Following the decision to evoke the national criminal case, and having conducted the investigation, the European Public Prosecutor's Office in the Republic of Croatia has filed indictment against an owner of a family farm.

As part of an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza di Vicenza) today seized €470 000 in financial assets from a company based in Vicenza (Italy).

Ten locations in Bucharest, Ilfov and Giurgiu regions in Romania were searched today, 28 April 2022, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The searches were conducted as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged fraud concerning European funds of more than €3 million, with links to Cyprus, Portugal and Spain.