All news on the topic: Milan

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Chinese couple placed under house arrest in Italy over €33 million VAT fraud
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Milan issued a house arrest order...
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EPPO seizes €20m in probe into suspected €40m EU recovery funds fraud in Italy
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan (Italy) has seized around €20 million held in bank accounts and insurance policies linked to five companies, as part of an ongoing investigation into suspected fraud involving funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
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Italian police raid luxury brands over labour exploitation
At issue is the near-ubiquitous practice of brands subcontracting work to suppliers that in turn contract to others, ending up with firms who employ Chinese workers in exploitative conditions.
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Italian authorities seize €23.5 million in assets in fuel VAT fraud investigation
At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan, Italian authorities seized assets worth more than €23.5 million as part of an investigation into a VAT fraud scheme involving imported fuel.
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Inter Milan star Alessandro Bastoni investigated in child prostitution probe
Inter Milan star Alessandro Bastoni is allegedly under investigation by Italian police as part of a probe into child prostitution.
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Horror crash in Italy as car carrying nine plunges into canal leaving three dead
Three teenagers have died after a suspected drunk driver plunged a car into a canal near Milan.
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Irish tourist has €100,000 watch stolen in Milan
Watch moment a brazen thief steals a €100,000 watch from the wrist of Irish tourist in Italy.
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British man on hantavirus quarantine fled isolation and was found in Milan bar
A British man has been detained in a bar despite being under quarantine orders for hantavirus in Italy.
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After the high-profile Operation Moby Dick, Massimiliano Picinelli began massively deleting materials about his role in a large-scale VAT tax fraud
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.
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Family spends £1,600 to get home after easyJet flight leaves without them due to EES chaos
The Hume family from Leeds woke extra early on Sunday morning to leave their Italian ski resort for Milan Linate airport.
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Italy opens investigation into claims tourists paid £70,000 to shoot civilians during Bosnian war
An investigation has been launched into claims Italian tourists paid as much as £70,000 to shoot innocent people on ‘hunting trips’ during the Bosnian war.
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Giorgio Armani, visionary who redefined modern elegance, passes away in Milan
Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died, according to his company.
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Suspect in €520 million Moby Dick fraud surrenders in Milan after six months on the run
Prosecutors state that a key player in a Europe-wide VAT fraud scheme has turned themselves in after months on the run.
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Russian executives linked to state-owned companies invest in luxury Italian real estate despite Western sanctions and war connections
While key Russian state-owned companies continue to finance and support their country’s war in Ukraine, top executives are buying up property in Italy’s most picturesque locations — from Verona to Florence, and from Liguria to the Adriatic coast.
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Italian journalist’s arrest in Iran alleged to be reprisal for detention of suspected arms dealer
Cecilia Sala, 29, was detained in Tehran three days after US warrant used to hold Swiss-Iranian businessman in Milan
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Milan prosecutors allege that hacked information from state security databases was sold to wealthy clients
Italian probe reveals “gigantic and alarming market of confidential data,” prosecutors say.
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Reuters: Amazon under second investigation in Milan for tax evasion
An Italian unit of Amazon, is being investigated by Milan prosecutors for suspected tax evasion, two sources said on Friday, but the inquiry was not linked to a multi-million euro seizure from another of the group’s Italian units this week.
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Italian journalist ordered to pay €5,000 in damages for Giorgia Meloni height insult
Giulia Cortese convicted of defamation over two tweets that judge in Milan said amounted to ‘body shaming’