- The EPPO secured Germany’s first conviction of a criminal organization in a €200 million VAT carousel fraud case.
- The case involved organized cross-border VAT fraud, indicating serious enforcement against large-scale carousel schemes.
- The ruling underscores increasing use of criminal-law tools to combat major VAT evasion in the EU.
Source: btwjurisprudentie.nl
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