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Suspected fraud with diesel defeat devices in Germany; Italy and Switzerland

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The Hague, 22 July 2020 Judicial authorities in Germany are conducting an in-depth fraud investigation on the use of more than 200 000 diesel 'defeat devices' in cars produced by an international automotive group and international commercial vehicle manufacturer, as well as their subsidiaries. Coordinated... read more

Italian and Romanian judicial authorities; with Eurojust's support; dismantle major criminal network in financial fraud; cybercrime and money laundering

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The Hague, 7 July 2020 Judicial authorities and police in Italy and Romania, with Eurojust and Europol support dismantled a criminal network responsible for big-scale financial fraud, cybercrime and money laundering. The illicit profits are estimated to over €20 million resulting from the losses suffered... read more

Eurojust supports new major crackdown on fraud with pay TV

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The Hague, 10 June 2020 Authorities in Spain, Denmark, Sweden and Germany have arrested 11 suspects for offering illegal access to over 40 000 streaming services, subscription television channels and films, violating audiovisual copyright on a large scale. During an action day coordinated via Eurojust... read more

VAT fraud scheme

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Eurojust supports major crackdown on VAT fraud with car sales Last week, during a day of simultaneous and coordinated actions in nine EU countries, judicial and police authorities dealt a blow to a criminal organisation involved in large-scale VAT fraud with the sale of luxury... read more

Successful action against VAT fraud with mobile phones

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23 October 2019 The Hungarian, German, Austrian, Slovakian and Latvian authorities, with the support of Eurojust and Europol, have this month undertaken a successful four-day operation against large-scale VAT fraud involving the sale of mobile telephones by an organised crime group (OCG) in Hungary. Hearings... read more

Eurojust supports action against tax fraud in Hungary

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21 October 2019 Authorities in Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, with the active assistance of Eurojust and Europol, have taken action against an elaborate tax fraud scam by a Hungarian-led, international organised criminal group (OCG). During two action... read more

Eurojust helps unravel massive trans-European pay-TV fraud

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BG | DE | EL | FR | IT | NL The Hague, 18 September 2019 A multi-country action day coordinated by Eurojust in The Hague led to the dismantling of an international criminal network committing massive fraud with pay-TV, which shows organised crime expanding... read more

VAT carousel fraudsters arrested with the support of Eurojust

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The Hague, 12 June 2019 During a joint action day coordinated by Eurojust, judicial authorities from Italy, Germany, Spain, Austria and Romania took down an organised crime group suspected of large-scale VAT fraud in the EU drinks market. Following numerous house searches in Italy, Germany... read more

Major hit against fraud and money laundering

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ES 30 January 2019 Yesterday, a joint action led by Germany (the Public Prosecutor's Office (PPO) Cologne and Police Cologne) and Italy (PPO Bolzano, with the support of Guardia di Finanza Brunico) resulted in the dismantling of an organised crime group (OCG) involved in large-scale... read more

Network of five organised crime groups disrupted in Romania

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Successful action day with Eurojust's support 23 November 2018 Yesterday, the Romanian Territorial Office of the Directorate for Investigation of Organised Crime of Vâlcea and judicial police officers of the Vâlcea Organised Crime Service dismantled a network of five organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in... read more