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European prosecutors have indicted five people and a company for allegedly evading more than $20 million in VAT on goods imported from China, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) has indicted 22 defendants, including four current Members of the Hellenic Parliament, several former high-ranked public officials and political staff, as part of an investigation into an alleged organised fraud scheme involving agricultural funds.

The EPPO in Italy indicted six individuals for suspected fraud involving EU funds meant for sustainable mobility projects in Tuscany.

Following an EPPO request, an Italian court ordered the seizure of over 7.8 million metres of fabric and 237,000 garments as part of an investigation into VAT and customs fraud involving smuggled Chinese textiles.

A Zagreb court has convicted ten individuals following an EPPO indictment for corruption and EU fund misuse involving the Ministry of Culture and the Faculty of Geodesy.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has uncovered additional information within the large-scale VAT fraud investigation Huracán, leading to two arrests in Germany and the Netherlands, and searches and seizures in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands yesterday.

Following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens, a court convicted 57 individuals for defrauding EU agricultural subsidies. The EPPO has also appealed one acquittal and is currently investigating several public officials for potential involvement.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) has filed an indictment against a suspect in a case involving the fraudulent import of a yacht from Australia without declaring the ship to customs, in order to evade payment of VAT.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), law enforcement authorities detained two suspects on Monday, as part of an investigation into possible fraud involving funds under the Clean Air Programme, with an estimated damage of €795 000.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) has filed an indictment against the president and the vice-president of an association, following an investigation into six Erasmus+ projects.

Yesterday, the European Chief Prosecutor addressed a letter to the European Commission in line with Recitals

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt (Germany), eight searches were carried out and one individual was arrested yesterday on suspicion of orchestrating a €18 million VAT carousel fraud through the sale of small electronic goods.

The Riga City Court (Latvia) has ordered the confiscation of a luxury vehicle and a real estate property located in the center of the Latvian capital, as well as €230,000 in bank accounts.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Madrid (Spain), two suspects were detained on Wednesday.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), nine suspects were detained last week.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) has filed an indictment at Iași Court against a company and its administrator for suspected fraud involving a €114,000

Hungary recovered and handed over less than a fifth of the funds flagged by Brussels for potential fraud between 2015 and 2024, according to data from EU anti-corruption watchdog Olaf.