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At EPPO’s request, Polish anti-corruption officers detained two more suspects in an EU-funded tram infrastructure corruption probe.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Warsaw (Poland), nine suspects were detained yesterday in an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud and attempted money laundering involving childcare institutions in Gdynia and Gdańsk.

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.

EPPO in Ljubljana has indicted five companies and their representatives in Maribor for alleged subsidy fraud involving EU Recovery and Resilience Facility funds meant to improve working conditions for employees with disabilities.

After reports on the international VAT scheme uncovered during Operation Moby Dick surfaced, publications mentioning Italian businessman Massimiliano Picinelli began disappearing from the information space.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb has launched an investigation into 21 Croatian citizens, including a public official and a former official, over suspected corruption and fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies from the EAFRD and EAGF funds.

At EPPO Venice’s request, Italian Financial Police arrested an Italian businessman based in Dubai, suspected of laundering money from a large VAT carousel fraud scheme.

The European Chief Prosecutor has asked the Polish Sejm to lift the immunity of a Member of Parliament suspected of influence peddling in an EPPO investigation in Katowice related to EU-funded modernization of tram infrastructure in the Upper Silesian–Zagłębie Metropolis.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania) has secured the conviction of four individuals in a case of attempted subsidy fraud, preventing the unlawful disbursement of nearly €2.6 million in EU funds.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich carried out more than 20 searches in Germany and Poland in an investigation into suspected money laundering and involvement in organised crime.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Naples and Venice (Italy), the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Naples and Caserta executed a seizure order targeting assets worth more than €32 million in an investigation into a large-scale VAT carousel fraud in the IT sector.

Prosecutors state that a key player in a Europe-wide VAT fraud scheme has turned themselves in after months on the run.