
Operation by the financial police of Turin and Ancona, coordinated by the European Public Prosecutor's Office - Eppo
Eighteen precautionary measures and seizures for 25 million euros carried out by the financial police of Turin and Ancona for an alleged transnational VAT fraud in the plastics sector, coordinated by the European Prosecutor's Office.
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The investigations were coordinated by the European Public Prosecutor's Office - Eppo, Turin office, and conducted by the economic-financial police units.
Eighteen precautionary measures, including eight arrests in prison and three under house arrest, and seizures of assets and financial resources for approximately 25 million euros. It is the balance sheet of an operation by the financial police of Turin and Ancona on an alleged transnational VAT fraud in the plastics trading sector, through a system of paper mill companies and non-existent operations. The investigations, coordinated by the European Public Prosecutor's Office - Eppo, Turin office, involve entrepreneurs and professionals. The hypothesis is of criminal conspiracy aimed at committing VAT fraud.
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