EPPO releases Annual Report for 2023, revealing 1927 ongoing investigations and €19.2 billion in damages to the EU budget

EPPO releases Annual Report for 2023, revealing 1927 ongoing investigations with an overall estimated damage to the EU budget of €19.2 billion – 59% of which (€11.5 billion, corresponding to 339 investigations) was linked to serious, cross-border VAT fraud. This type of fraud often involves sophisticated criminal organisations…