1 March 2024Annual Report 2023: EPPO warns that serious organised crime continues to feast on EU revenueThe latest Annual Report of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) shows that at the end of 2023, it had a total of 1 927 active investigations, with an overall estimated damage to the EU budget of €19.2 billion – 59% of which (€11.5 billion, corresponding to 339 investigations) was linked to serious, cross-border VAT fraud.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) arrested two additional suspects and seized assets worth €11 million yesterday in an investigation into a… BronGermany: EPPO secures two additional arrests and seizures of €11 million in Water into Wine investigation

Yesterday, the Regional Court in Prague (Czechia) convicted three individuals and three companies of a €5.5 million subsidy fraud involving nanobot research, as well as… BronCzechia: Three individuals and three companies convicted of €5.5 million fraud involving nanobots research funds

Ten searches were conducted yesterday and four individuals were detained in a criminal investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Lithuania, and… BronLithuania: Searches and four detained in subsidy fraud investigation involving rural development funds