- Czech police participated in a significant EU-wide investigation into VAT fraud.
- The operation resulted in 32 arrests in the Baltic states.
- The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) estimates losses from this specific case at €297 million.
- The fraud involved unpaid VAT from electronics sales and is connected to organized crime, including the Italian mafia.
- Czech authorities conducted searches but did not report any arrests.
- This investigation is part of the largest VAT fraud scheme ever discovered in the EU, with total estimated losses of €2.9 billion (CZK 73.3 billion).
Source: english.radio.cz
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