A suspected ringleader in the cross-border investigation into a €520 million VAT fraud scheme, code-named ‘Moby Dick’, has turned himself in and was detained yesterday in Milan (Italy) at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan and Palermo. The individual had evaded arrest in Prague (Czechia) in November 2024, prior to an action targeting the international criminal ring, carried out by the EPPO, and had been at large for six months. Read More
27 May 2025‘Moby Dick’: Suspected ringleader in €520 million VAT fraud investigation turns himself inA suspected ringleader in the cross-border investigation into a €520 million VAT fraud scheme, code-named ‘Moby Dick’, has turned himself in and was detained yesterday in Milan (Italy) at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan and Palermo. The individual had evaded arrest in Prague (Czechia) in November 2024, prior to an action targeting the international criminal ring, carried out by the EPPO, and had been at large for six months.
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