Yesterday (17 June), following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bratislava (Slovakia), the Specialised Criminal Court convicted two individuals and one company of EU funding fraud.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Graz (Austria) filed an indictment yesterday (13 June) against one suspect for subsidy fraud, following an investigation into a €200 000 project financed by the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) for Austria.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrava (Czechia), 15 searches were carried out on 11 and 12 June, in a probe into concert production companies suspected of several instances of subsidy fraud and tax evasion. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) is carrying out urgent evidence collecting activities in several Croatian counties, due to suspicions of subsidy fraud and document forgery.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna (Italy), a freezing order of over €6.8 million, issued by the judge for preliminary investigations of the Court of Bologna, was executed last week (6 June) against four individuals and one company suspected of VAT fraud relating to the illegal importation of fabric from China.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Palermo (Italy), a freezing order of over €190 000 was executed last week (5 June 2024) against a farmer suspected of misappropriation of EU agricultural funds. Real estate, equivalent to the value of the estimated damage, has been seized.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against two Croatian citizens for giving and receiving bribes and for trading in influence, following an investigation into the remediation works of the Sovjak waste pit. 

A suspected ringleader of an €85 million VAT fraud has been arrested in Nairobi (Kenya), after hiding from the authorities, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Hamburg (Germany), code-named Goliath.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) have arrested a third suspect in an ongoing investigation into a large VAT fraud scheme, with estimated damage of approximately €50 million. 

In an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania), several searches were carried out in Romania and Spain, as part of an investigation into a €10 million procurement fraud involving EU funds for the modernisation of water infrastructure and the improvement of energy efficiency.