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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has announced the first convictions in its Goliath investigation, a major cross-border VAT fraud case involving electronics trading, shell companies and the use of a Hawala network to transfer criminal proceeds. A court in Düsseldorf, Germany, found two defendants guilty of participating in a criminal organisation responsible for a scheme that caused an estimated €200 million in damage to EU and national budgets between 2019 and

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Milan has conducted searches and frozen assets worth €2.6 million as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving resources from Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), which is financed through the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). The frozen assets form part of a €4.9 million order issued by the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Milan against four companies a

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice, Italy, has obtained convictions against three individuals—two administrators and one employee of a consortium company—in connection with the misappropriation of European Union funds allocated for the development of Italy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) network. The case centers on activities that took place between 2016 and 2021, during which the now-defunct consortium received €6,351,088.56 in EU funding. These funds we

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Brussels has launched a major investigation into alleged customs fraud, corruption, and document forgery linked to operations at the Port of Antwerp, one of Europe’s largest maritime hubs. The case, code-named “Steamboat,” centers on suspicions that a network operating within the port orchestrated a large-scale scheme that caused significant losses to the European Union’s financial interests. On 20 January 2026, acting und