It is an already colossal dispute, worth several billion euros.
The European public prosecutor's office - the European public prosecutor Office (EPPO) - published its second annual report this week. Its 114 prosecutors' delegates present in the 22 countries of the European Union opened a total of 1,117 investigations, for an estimated to 14.1 billion euros since 2020. Half of these sums correspond to VAT fraud, a European sport par excellence, while the investigations mainly opened in this respect number 185. Other crimes and misdemeanors prosecuted by the European Public Prosecutor's Office: embezzlement, money laundering, corruption, all fraud relating to subsidies, public contracts and European taxation.
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In 2022, the European prosecution authority has moved up a gear since it has opened, throughout the territory of the Union, 865 investigations for damages estimated at 10 billion, or more than double in hard currency...
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