- EU’s top prosecutor criticizes Romania for not detecting and reporting VAT fraud
- Romania has the highest VAT shortfall in the EU at 30.6 percent
- Over 90 percent of the shortfall is due to fraud
- Detection and reporting to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office is very low
- In 2024, only 12 out of nearly 400 EPPO cases in Romania involved VAT fraud
- Only a few cases were reported by the national tax authority
- International mafias exploit enforcement gaps in Romania
- Romania is a target for both Italian and Chinese mafias
- Organised crime groups operate across and outside the EU
- Mafias relocate to countries with weak enforcement
Source: euractiv.com
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