Two individuals and one association were convicted yesterday by the Regional Court in Brno (Czechia), for subsidy fraud involving the construction of social housing for the elderly, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), over €520 000 in assets have been seized, in an investigation into fraud involving EU agricultural funding aimed at supporting a wine producer’s conversion to organic farming.

In the context of a large-scale investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin (Italy), several house searches, arrests and seizures took place today, in a probe into an alleged criminal organisation suspected of a VAT fraud involving tyres.

A delegation from the Polish Ministry of Justice is visiting the Central Office of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Luxembourg today and tomorrow to discuss Poland's future participation in the EPPO and gain legal, operational and administrative insights into our work and organisation.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a freezing order was executed yesterday against a farmer suspected of agricultural funding fraud, with an estimated damage of €161 000.

On 17 January 2024, a working arrangement was signed between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and France’s Treasury and its Interministerial Anti-Fraud Coordination Mission (MICAF – Mission interministérielle de coordination anti-fraude).

Today, the General Prosecutor of the Slovak Republic Mr Maroš Žilinka made a public comment in which he attempted to downplay my concerns relating to recent legislative amendments proposed by the Slovak government concerning the Criminal Procedure Code,

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) carried out 25 searches and other investigative measures in six countries yesterday, in an action targeting a suspected €19 million VAT fraud, involving second-hand mobile phones imported from Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), a freezing order was executed yesterday against technology companies suspected of aggravated fraud involving research projects, with an estimated damage of €730 000.

(Luxembourg, 12 January 2024) – On 10 January 2024, following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia), the branch of the Regional Court of Ostrava in Olomouc convicted one business owner and one company of EU funding fraud.