- The EPPO led a major operation against a criminal network responsible for over €103 million in VAT fraud involving luxury car sales across multiple EU countries.
- Nine suspects were detained and over 150 searches conducted in nine countries, with assets worth over €13.5 million seized.
- The network used complex cross-border VAT carousel fraud schemes, exploiting EU tax rules and using shell companies as missing traders to claim illegal VAT refunds.
- The main suspects owned car dealerships in Germany and coordinated a vast network involving multiple countries and strawmen directors from other EU states.
- The fraud spanned from 2017 to 2025, and further investigations into related criminal activities are ongoing with support from Europol.
Source: eppo.europa.eu
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