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On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania), 19 searches were conducted today at the premises of individuals and companies in an investigation into suspected procurement fraud involving EU-funded IT projects worth €7 million.

Legal trouble is brewing for a company managed by Gerrit Bunschoten, the relative of a man convicted in a biofuel fraud case in 2019. Dutch authorities are scrutinizing the company as part of another investigation into an alleged biofuel fraud scheme.

The EU’s anti-fraud office has opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.

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

The head of the EU anti-fraud agency has warned that a dispute over the extent of OLAF’s powers to search the European Parliament is risking the reputations of both institutions.