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‘The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) is the new independent public prosecution office of the European Union. It is responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgment crimes against the financial interests of the EU. These include several types of fraud, VAT fraud with damages above 10 million euro, money laundering, corruption, etc.” Source; EPPO

10 June 2025Investigation Admiral 2.0: Suspected ringleader of large-scale tax evasion and money laundering referred to courtThe European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) has referred to the Court of Economic Affairs (Ekonomisko lietu tiesa) the suspected ringleader of the criminal syndicate targeted by the Admiral 2.0 investigation, for large-scale tax evasion in an organised group and money laundering. He has been in pre-trial detention since his arrest, on 28 November 2024.

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.

20 May 2025Greece: EPPO probes OPEKEPE officials over alleged organised agricultural subsidy fraud and corruptionSince yesterday until early hours this morning, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) has led searches as part of an ongoing investigation into an alleged organised fraud scheme involving agricultural funds and corruption involving public officials of the Greek Payment and Control Agency for Guidance and Guarantee Community Aids (OPEKEPE).

5 May 2025European Prosecutors for Poland and Sweden take oath before the Court of Justice of the EU Today, at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg, the European Prosecutors for Poland and Sweden gave the solemn undertaking to comply with the obligations arising from their duties. They were recently appointed to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) by the Council of the EU, following the decision of Poland and Sweden to join the EPPO. They are appointed for a non-renewable term of six years.