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The Bulgarian Desk is headed by Ivanka Kotorova, who is the National Member for Bulgaria since February 2018. In 2020, the Bulgarian Desk was involved in 328 new cases, 19 coordination meetings, 3 coordination centres and 4 joint investigation teams.
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Migrant smuggling with luxury vehicles in Greece halted with Eurojust support

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The organised crime group (OCG) operated for at least two years and transported approximately 350 migrants within Greece, during 56 transfers. Migrants had to pay between EUR 2 000 and EUR 2 500 per person, with up to 15 persons per vehicle during the high-risk... read more

Eurojust assists Italy in blocking VAT fraud scheme with car imports from Germany

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During the operation, real estate and luxury watches worth an estimated EUR 2 million were seized, belonging to the Italian main suspect. Between 2015 and 2020, he organised the illegal activities around the import of cars from Germany. The cars were sold to Italian customers... read more

Fraud scheme of at least EUR 120 million in Italy halted

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Apart from tax evasion, including avoiding the payment of EUR 44 million in VAT from 2014 until 2019, the main suspect behind the scheme was allegedly involved in laundering the profits of at least EUR 3.7 million. Furthermore, by offering a wide range of products... read more

Coordinated action cuts off access to VPN service used by ransomware groups

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This coordinated takedown, led by the Dutch National Police (Politie), under jurisdiction of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office (Landelijk Parket), with international activity coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, has now ended the availability of this service. Servers were seized across the world where DoubleVPN had... read more

Coordinated action to stop online investment swindle, defrauding victims for approximately EUR 30 million

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The alleged perpetrators ran at least four platforms for high-risk trade in cryptocurrencies, foreign exchange contracts and fixed price options. By using search engines and social media, potential investors were approached and lured to professional-looking websites with fast contact links. The members of the organised... read more

Action to counter Italian fuel tax fraud worth almost EUR 1 billion

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More than 1 000 officers of the Italian Guardia di Finanza, Carabinieri and military staff were deployed today during an action to counter two mafia-style organised crime groups (OCGs) from Naples and the Reggio Calabria, which ran the fraud scheme. The OCGs had set up... read more

Further action against criminals defrauding online investors

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Investigations into this type of fraud scheme started in 2019 by the General Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) of Bamberg in Germany after complaints from hundreds of victims in Germany, Austria and other European countries. This week’s operations are part of a continuous effort of judicial... read more

Updated Questionnaire and Compilation on the Requirements for Issuing and Executing Judicial Authorities in EAW Proceedings pursuant to the CJEU’s Case-Law

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Updated Questionnaire and Compilation on the Requirements for Issuing and Executing Judicial Authorities in EAW Proceedings pursuant to the CJEU’s Case-Law

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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) interpreted in its case-law the notion of ‘issuing judicial authority’ under Article 6(1) of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant and the surrender procedures between the Member States (EAW FD). In 2019, the CJEU... read more

Eurojust supports action against fuel tax fraud in Germany and 10 other countries

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Operating from Hamburg, between 2018 and last year the suspects of German, Russian and Polish origin ran a company that, on the surface, sold solvents and anti-corrosion agents or liquids. These products are exempt from energy taxation under German law. In reality, the products contained... read more