On 20 September 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) filed criminal charges in a case involving a project aimed at creating a centre for female entrepreneurs, funded by the EU’s European Neighbourhood Instrument.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is carrying out house searches today in Sibiu County, as part of an investigation into Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, suspected of fraud involving Erasmus funds.

This week, Bulgaria’s Minister of Interior, Mr Kalin Stoyanov, and European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kӧvesi signed a working arrangement with the aim to improve the cooperation between the European Delegated Prosecutors and Bulgaria’s Ministry of Interior in the investigations of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office’s (EPPO).

On 22 August 2023, the Osnabrück Regional Court sentenced three individuals of import smuggling and organised tax evasion. The investigation, code named Cash, was led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany) and carried out by the Hanover Customs Investigation Office since 2021.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) seized €80 000, in an investigation into agricultural funding fraud.

On 12 September 2023, the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia), in cooperation with the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB), carried out searches in 20 locations, in a probe into possible fraud involving State officials of the municipality of Valmiera.

The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) confirms that this morning our office in Bucharest, in cooperation with the General Directorate Anticorruption (Direcția Generală Anticorupție) and the National institute of Forensics (Institutul Național de Criminalistică), carried out searches at the General Inspectorate of Aviation within the Romanian Ministry of Interior, in an ongoing investigation concerning public procurement financ

On 1 September 2023, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment in the Riga City Court (Latvia) against two individuals and one company, for fraud involving a project for the reconstruction of drainage systems, co-funded by the EU.

This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal, where a former president of Dinamo București football club was indicted for fraud. This follows house searches in Romania and France in May this year, in an investigation into a €30 million fraud involving EU and national funds.

Following the public interest raised by the press conference held today by Mayor of Varna (Bulgaria),  Mr Ivan Portnih, the EPPO would like to emphasise that it does not comment on statements made by political representatives in relation to our investigations.