- EPPO seizes assets in investigation into €9.8 million customs fraud involving e-bikes in Italy
- Italian Financial Police executed a freezing order against a company suspected of customs fraud
- Company imported e-bikes from China in unassembled form to avoid customs duties
- EPPO filed a request for freezing €5,039,260.08 against the company
- Judge issued a freezing order that is currently being executed
- All persons concerned are presumed innocent until proven guilty in Italian courts
- EPPO is responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes against the financial interests of the EU
Source: eppo.europa.eu
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